Shravasti district

Shravasti District is one of the of the   of  and  town is district headquarter. Shravasti district is a part of.

Location
Shravasti is a newly created district carved out from districts of and. Besides these two districts, Shravasti shares its border with district. , the District Headquarter of Shrawasti, is approximately 150 away from the,.

History
Shravasti, the northeastern town of, is located near River Rapti. This town is closely associated with the life of Lord. It is being said that the king Sravast founded this town. Shravasti was the capital of during 6th century BC to 6th century AD. This prosperous trading center was well known for its religious associations. The 'Sobhanath' temple is believed to be the birthplace of Jain Tirthankar 'Sambhavanath' making Shravasti an important center for the. According to, the city had a of 900,000 in 5th century BCE and it even overshadowed 's capital.

As mentioned in the ‘Bruhatkalpa’ and various s of the fourteenth century the name of the city was ‘Mahid’. There are subsequent mentions showing that the name of this city was ‘Sahet-Mahet’. It is  also mentioned that a vast fort covered this city in which there were many  having idols of Devkulikas.

Buddha is believed to have spent 24 s in this city. Age-old s, majestic and several s near the village of "Sahet-Mahet" establish Buddha's association with Shravasti.

Moreover, Shravasti is the holy land of all the four –, ,  and  of omniscience of Bhagawan Samabhavanath.

Today a great of earth and brick surrounds this city. During in ‘Sahet-Mahet’ near Shravasti City, many ancient idols and inscriptions were found. They are now kept in museums of Mathura and Lucknow. At present, the archaeological department of the n Government is doing excavation to perform allied research.