Gauda Kingdom
E176393
The Gauda Kingdom was an early medieval polity in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent that laid the groundwork for later regional powers such as the Pala Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gauda Kingdom canonical | 2 |
| Gauda kingdom | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early medieval polity
ⓘ
former country ⓘ historical kingdom ⓘ |
| administrativeLanguage | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Shashanka dynasty ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Dimasa Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Kamarupa
Magadha ⓘ Oder River ⓘ
surface form:
Odra
|
| capital | Karnasubarna ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Harsha
ⓘ
Kamarupa Kingdom ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Indic civilization ⓘ |
| currencyType |
gold coins
ⓘ
silver coins ⓘ |
| era | Early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
6th century
ⓘ
7th century ⓘ early 8th century ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOverlap |
Radha
ⓘ
Vanga ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | precursor to regional imperial formations in Bengal ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early political unification of Bengal
ⓘ
laying groundwork for Pala Empire ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bengal
ⓘ
surface form:
Bengal region
South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| locatedInPresentDay |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
India ⓘ |
| mentionedInSource |
Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang’s accounts
ⓘ
inscriptions of Shashanka ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Shashanka
ⓘ
surface form:
Maharajadhiraja Shashanka
Shashanka ⓘ |
| partOfHistoricalRegion | Gauda ⓘ |
| politicalCenter | western Bengal ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Gupta Empire
ⓘ
Later Guptas ⓘ
surface form:
Later Gupta dynasty
|
| regionType | eastern India ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ |
| scriptUsed | Brahmi-derived scripts ⓘ |
| successor |
Bengal Sultanate
ⓘ
Pala Empire ⓘ |
| timePeriod | circa 6th–early 8th century CE ⓘ |
| titleOfRuler |
Maharaja
ⓘ
surface form:
Maharajadhiraja
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gauda kingdom