Balrampur

Balrampur stands on the Rapti River in Awadh, near ancient Shravasti. Buddhist tradition remembers this country through the story of Angulimala, a robber who wore a necklace of fingers before the Buddha brought about his transformation. In the Mughal era Balrampur was the seat of an estate held by the Janwar Rajputs, one of the great landed houses of Awadh.