Sankisa

Sankisa, also spelled Sankassa or Sankasya, is identified with Sankisa Basantapura, north of the Kali Nadi in Farrukhabad district, between Kampil and Kannauj. It counts among the eight great places of Buddhist pilgrimage, as the spot where the Buddha returned to earth after spending three months in heaven teaching the Abhidhamma to his mother and the gods, following the twin miracle at Sravasti.

About three centuries after the Buddha's death, Ashoka came here and raised a pillar, whose elephant capital still survives, along with a stupa and a temple marking the descent. The ruins of the stupa remain, as does an ancient staircase and a temple to the goddess Vishari Devi, and there are remains of monasteries and other Buddhist and Hindu monuments. Alexander Cunningham explored the site in 1842.