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Rawalpindi district, Punjab · 33.4481°, 73.2433°
A large Buddhist stupa on the Potohar plateau south-east of Rawalpindi, associated by inscription with the Kushan emperor Kanishka, who is recorded as having visited it often. It was described by Mountstuart Elphinstone in his memoir of 1815 and opened in 1830 by Jean-Baptiste Ventura, whose relic finds were removed to the British Museum under British rule.
Jataka tradition holds that the stupa marks the spot where Prince Sattva, an earlier birth of the Buddha, gave parts of his own body to feed seven starving tiger cubs.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Kushan