Videha
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Videha was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom in the eastern Indian subcontinent, centered in the Mithila region and known from Vedic and later religious traditions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Videha canonical | 9 |
| Videha region (traditional attribution) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan polity
ⓘ
Mahajanapada ⓘ ancient kingdom ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Tirhut ⓘ |
| associatedRiver | Ganges ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Gārgī Vācaknavī
ⓘ
surface form:
Gargi Vachaknavi
King Janaka ⓘ
surface form:
King Janaka (philosopher-king)
Yājñavalkya ⓘ
surface form:
Yajnavalkya
|
| associatedWithLegend | Sita’s birthplace in Mithila ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosophy | early Upanishadic thought ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Himalayas
ⓘ
Kasi ⓘ Kosala ⓘ Magadha ⓘ |
| capital |
Mithila region
ⓘ
surface form:
Mithila
|
| centeredIn | Mithila region ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage | Maithil culture ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Mithila region
ⓘ
surface form:
Mithila
|
| ethnicDesignation | Videhas (people of Videha) ⓘ |
| famousKing |
King Janaka
ⓘ
surface form:
Janaka of Videha
King Janaka ⓘ
surface form:
Mithila Janaka
|
| governanceForm | hereditary monarchy in early period ⓘ |
| historicalRegionType | Janapada ⓘ |
| integratedInto | Vajji confederacy ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Brahmana texts
ⓘ
Buddhist texts ⓘ Jain literature ⓘ
surface form:
Jain texts
Upanishads ⓘ Vedas ⓘ
surface form:
Vedic literature
later Hindu religious traditions ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| laterGovernanceForm | member state within republican Vajji confederacy ⓘ |
| laterReligiousAssociation | Hinduism ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad
ⓘ
surface form:
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Mahabharata ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ Shatapatha Brahmana ⓘ |
| modernLocationOverlap |
northern Bihar, India
ⓘ
parts of southeastern Nepal ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Greater Magadha cultural area ⓘ |
| politicalEvolution | from monarchy to republican structures ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | important center for early Hindu traditions ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Vedic Hinduism
ⓘ
surface form:
Vedic religion
|
| rulingTitle |
King Janaka
ⓘ
surface form:
Janaka
Raja ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age South Asia
ⓘ
late Vedic period ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Videha region (traditional attribution)