Which ancient religion prescribed the ' noble-eight-fold path' of virtuous living?
The Eightfold Path consists of eight practices: right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi ('meditative absorption or union'). ... The Noble Eightfold Path is one of the principal teachings of Theravada Buddhism, taught to lead to Arhatship (Nirvana).
Vaishali is an important Buddhist pilgrim site as Lord Buddha spent five years of his life here before announcing his Mahaparinirvana. After attaining enlightenment at Bodh Gaya the Buddha went to Sarnath; and it was here that he preached his first discourse in the deer park to set in motion the 'Wheel of the Dharma'. It is one of the most holy sites as in this place the stream of the Buddha's teaching first flowed.