# Kosambi

Source: https://buddhisma2z.com/kosambi/  
Author: Bhante S. Dhammika, *Guide To Buddhism A To Z*  
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

![Kosambi](https://buddhisma2z.com/images/K/kosambi.webp)

Kosambi was a large city in northern [**India**](https://buddhisma2z.com/india/), the capital of the kingdom of Vaṃsa and the scene of several important events in the life of the Buddha. The city was surrounded by walls nearly 6 kilometres long and faced the Yamunā River on the south side. One of the [**monasteries**](https://buddhisma2z.com/monastery/) built in Kosambi during the Buddha’s time, the Ghositārāma (M.I,320), was identified by archaeologists in 1951 and subsequently excavated. King [**Asoka**](https://buddhisma2z.com/asoka/) had a great pillar erected in the city and this can still be seen amongst the ruins.

**Further reading:** ‘Excavations at Kausambi-1949-1950,’ Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology, 1969.

Subjects: Places of Significance