What is "tilaurakot"

'''Tilaurakot ''' is a village development committee in Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5684 people living in 944 individual households. It might have been the cardinal point of the ancient Shakyan city of Kapilavastu, where Gautama Buddha spent 29 years of his life time. It is situated west of Lumbini Grove, traditionally held to be the birthplace of Gautama Buddha.