Purushapura
E266740
Purushapura was the ancient name of the city now known as Peshawar, a major historical center in the Gandhara region of present-day Pakistan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Purushapura canonical | 4 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
historical place ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gandhara civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Buddhist Gandhara civilization
Kushan Empire ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler | Kanishka I ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence |
Central Asian cultures
ⓘ
Greco-Buddhist art ⓘ South Asian cultures ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Gandhara civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Gandhara
|
| flourishedDuring |
1st century CE
ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ Kushan period ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemainsIn | Peshawar ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | ancient period ⓘ |
| hasModernEquivalent |
Peshawar
ⓘ
surface form:
Peshawar, Pakistan
|
| historicalRegion |
Kamboja–Gandhara region
ⓘ
surface form:
Gandhara
|
| historicalSuccessor | Islamic-era Peshawar ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Buddhist monasteries
ⓘ
Greco-Buddhist art ⓘ
surface form:
Gandharan art
Kanishka stupa ⓘ stupas ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kamboja–Gandhara region
ⓘ
surface form:
Gandhara
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ present-day Pakistan ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | Peshawar Valley ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Khyber Pass ⓘ |
| locatedOn | trade routes through Khyber Pass ⓘ |
| modernName | Peshawar ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
City of Purusha
ⓘ
City of men ⓘ |
| onTradeRoute |
Silk Road routes
ⓘ
surface form:
Silk Road network
routes linking India and Central Asia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kamboja–Gandhara region
ⓘ
surface form:
Gandhara region
South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| predecessorOf | Peshawar ⓘ |
| regionHistoric | northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| regionNow |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ⓘ
surface form:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
|
| religiousSignificance |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ |
| servedAs |
major urban center of Gandhara
ⓘ
trade hub on routes between Central Asia and South Asia ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | gateway between Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| timeDepth | at least 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| wasCapitalOf | Kushan Empire ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.