Rajgir

E295113
historical place tourist destination town

Rajgir is an ancient town in the Indian state of Bihar, historically significant as a major center for both Buddhism and Jainism and once the capital of the Magadha kingdom.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rajgir canonical 5
Rajagriha 3
Rajgir area 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical place ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWith Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha

Mahavira ⓘ
capitalOf Magadha ⓘ
surface form: Magadha kingdom
country India ⓘ
district Nalanda district ⓘ
formerName Rajagriha ⓘ
surface form: Rajagaha

Rajagriha ⓘ
geologicalFeature surrounded by hills ⓘ
governingBody Government of Bihar ⓘ
hasAttraction ropeway to Vishwa Shanti Stupa ⓘ
hasHotSprings yes ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Rajgir railway station ⓘ
hasSite Ajatashatru Fort ⓘ
Cyclopean Wall of Rajgir ⓘ
Griddhakuta Hill ⓘ
Hot springs of Rajgir ⓘ
Japanese Peace Pagoda ⓘ
Jivaka’s Mango Grove ⓘ
Saptaparni Caves ⓘ
Venuvana Monastery ⓘ
Vishwa Shanti Stupa ⓘ
Vulture Peak ⓘ
historicalEra ancient India ⓘ
importantFor Buddhist pilgrimage ⓘ
Jain pilgrimage ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Magahi ⓘ
locatedIn Magadha ⓘ
surface form: Magadha region
locatedNear Nalanda ⓘ
surface form: Nalanda University archaeological site
nearbyCity Gaya ⓘ
Nalanda ⓘ
Patna ⓘ
religiousSignificance Buddhism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
state Bihar ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:30 ⓘ
visitedBy Ajātaśatru ⓘ
surface form: Ajatashatru

Bimbisara ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha

Mahavira ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bihar → containsCity → Rajgir ⓘ
Patna → nearbyPilgrimageSite → Rajgir ⓘ
Magadha → capital → Rajgir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rajagriha
Magadha → importantCity → Rajgir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rajagriha
Nalanda → locatedNear → Rajgir ⓘ
Magadh region → capitalCityInHistory → Rajgir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rajagriha
Magadh region → contains → Rajgir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rajgir area
Pavapuri → locatedNear → Rajgir ⓘ
Pavapuri → nearestCity → Rajgir ⓘ
Śāriputra → bornNear → Rajgir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rājagṛha