王舍城（राजगृह，Rāja-gṛha）靈鷲山（गृद्घराजपर्वत，Gridhra-kuta、Griddhraj Parvat、Giddhaila Pahar；Vulture Peak、Hill of the Vultures）
王舍城（梵語：राजगृह，Rāja-gṛha，印地語：Rājgir，巴利語：Rājagaha，意為「王之居所」），距離西南方的菩提迦耶（Bodhi-gaya）約90公里，距離西北方的巴特那（Patna）約100公里，是佛陀時代恆河以南的摩揭陀國（Magadha）的首都。
摩揭陀國（मगध，Magadha）頻婆娑羅王（बिम्बिसारः，Bimbisara）的睿智領導與政治遠見，使得當時的王舍城（राजगृह，Rāja-gṛha）成為北印度革新宗教的新興之地，許多修行團體都選擇在其國城境內遊化講學、修行安居。
佛陀在此講經說法有十數個雨季之久，佛教僧伽的第一座精舍－－迦蘭陀竹林精舍（Kalaṇḍaka Veṇuvana Vihara），即位於王舍城內。早期重要的入室弟子，例如舍利弗、目犍連、大迦葉等，均於王舍城（राजगृह，Rāja-gṛha）皈依。此外，佛陀入滅後的三個月，Magadha國王Ajatashatru舉辦第一次經典結集，就在城郊的毗婆罗山（Vebhara）之七葉窟（Sapta-parna guha、Sapta-parni Cave，Cave of the Seven Leaves）。
佛陀的足跡踏遍了王舍城，它的地位有如佛陀正覺前修習智慧、正覺後弘法解惑之校園。
靈鷲山（गृद्घराजपर्वत，Gridhra-kuta、Griddhraj Parvat、Giddhaila Pahar；Vulture Peak、Hill of the Vultures），是佛陀在王舍城結夏安居期間，除了竹林精舍（Kalaṇḍaka Veṇuvana Vihara）外，另一個常常居住與說法的地方，在經典中常以「耆闍崛山」稱呼。
靈鷲山的名稱來源說法不一，有人說是由於山上常有鷲鳥棲息而得名，另有一說是因為山上有一塊形狀酷似鷲鳥頭的奇岩而以此稱呼。
Vulture Peak（गृद्घराजपर्वत，Gridhra-kuta）in Rajgir where the Buddha inspired Avalokiteshvara to give The Heart Sutra - the Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutram requested by Sariputra, rock that looks like a vulture.
Griddhraj Parvat, also called「Gridhra-kuta Hill」or locally known as「Giddhaila Pahar」（English：Vulture Peak；Hindi：गृद्घराजपर्वत）, which literally means「the hill of vultures」, is a hill of religious, archeological and ecological importance situated in Devrajnagar village of tehsil Ramnagar in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
Griddhraj Parvat is a unique habitat of vultures not only in India but the world also. Vultures in number of thousands can be seen in the crevices of the hill rocks. The vulture species seen here are「Long billed vulture」（Gips indicus）and「White backed vulture」（Gips bengalensis）. Apart from vultures it is also the habitat of number of wild animals.
Griddhraj Parvat is of great religious importance in Hindu mythology. It has been mentioned in Skanda Purana page 208 as「Griddhanchal Parvat」. It is believed to be the birthplace of 「Sampati」, the brother of 「Griddhraj Jatayu」mentioned in Ramayana. The poet Kalidas mentions about this place as the most sacred in his book「Griddharaj Mahatmya」（Narad Uvach）in Sanskrit language.
Rajgir（Hindi：राजगीर；Urdu：راجگیر；Rāja-gṛha；Pali：Rāja-gaha）is a city and a notified area in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. The city of Rajgir was the first capital of the kingdom of Magadha, a state that would eventually evolve into the Mauryan Empire. Its date of origin is unknown, although ceramics dating to about 1000 BC have been found in the city. This area also notable in Buddhism, as one of the favorite places for Gautama Buddha and the well known「Atanatiya conference」was held at Vulture's Peak mountain.
It was here that Gautama Buddha spent several months meditating and preaching at Gridhra-kuta（Hill of the Vultures）. He also delivered some of his famous sermons and converted King Bimbisara of Magadha and countless others to his religion. On one of the hills is the Saptparni cave where the First Buddhist Council was held under the leadership of Maha Kassapa. Lord Mahavira spent fourteen years of his life at Rajgir and Nalanda, spending chaturmas（i.e. 4 months of the rainy season）at a single place in Rajgir（Rajgruhi）and the rest in the places in the vicinity. It was the capital of his favourite shishya（follower）king Shrenik. Thus Rajgir is a very important religious place for Jains also.
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