Vaishali is one of Bihar’s most respected heritage cities for Buddhist and ancient Indian history tourism. The Ashokan Pillar at Kolhua is visually striking—highly polished stone with a lion capital—and the surrounding area is visited for its calm, open landscape and heritage feel. Travelers often explore Vaishali for a “quiet but powerful” historical experience: monuments are simple, yet they carry deep meaning tied to the last phase of Buddha’s teachings and early Buddhist memory sites.
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History & highlights
The Kolhua pillar is linked to Emperor Ashoka, who erected pillars across his realm to mark important sites and spread moral governance ideals. Bihar Tourism notes the pillar’s commemorative significance connected with Buddha’s last sermon tradition in the area. This makes Vaishali a key city in the narrative of Buddhism’s spread and Ashoka’s role in shaping early historical monuments in the subcontinent.
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