Website of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Urgyen Trinley Dorje……….'Legend reports that Vasubandhu came from the ' Kingdom of Shambhala' (approximately, modern Begram, otherwise known as the ancient kingdom of Kapisha, north of Kabul) located in the Afghanistan region, north-west of Peshawar. The ancient route from Afghanistan via Nawa Pass and Katgala Pass crosses the Swat River at Chakdara.A Buddhist stupa and monastery of the first century AD were excavated by Ahmad Hasan Dani in 1962-65.'

Chakdara has been an important center for the last 3500 years and is littered with remains of the Gandhara grave culture, Buddhist sites, and Hindu Shahi forts. It is about 130 km from Peshawar and 40 km away from Saidu Sharif. It is located north of Malakand on the north bank of the Swat River. Chakdara ( Pashto: چکد]]ه‎]]) is a town in Lower Dir District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. ' Padmasambhava is said to have been born in a village near the present day town of Chakdara in Lower Dir District, which was then a part of Oddiyana.

Padmakara returned to Uddiyana, to the island in Lake Danakosha where he practiced Secret Mantra and the symbolic language of the dakinis through which he brought the dakinis on the island under his command. His special nature was recognized by the childless local king of Oḍḍiyāna ( Bactria) and he was chosen to take over the kingdom. Lake Danakosha.Believed by many to be the sacred lake of Padmasambhava, with the Tseta( heart) Island.According to legend, Padmasambhava was incarnated as an eight-year-old child appearing in a lotus blossom floating in Lake Dhanakosha, in the kingdom of Oḍḍiyāna.

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