Pushkalavati

E300990

ancient city archaeological site

Pushkalavati is an ancient city of the Gandhara region, located at the site of modern Charsadda in present-day Pakistan, known for its archaeological and historical significance in early Buddhist and Indo-Greek history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pushkalavati canonical	4
Pushkalavati (Charsadda)	1
ancient city of Pushkalavati	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalFinds	Buddhist remains ⓘ Hellenistic-period artifacts ⓘ coins ⓘ pottery ⓘ
associatedWith	early spread of Buddhism in Gandhara ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
culture	Gandharan art and culture ⓘ
excavatedBy	A. H. Dani ⓘ Mortimer Wheeler ⓘ
flourishedDuring	Achaemenid period ⓘ Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ surface form: Indo-Greek period Kushan Empire ⓘ surface form: Kushan period Maurya Empire ⓘ surface form: Maurya period
hasAlternativeName	Pushkalavati ⓘ surface form: Pushkalavati (Charsadda)
hasArchaeologicalSite	Bala Hisar (Charsadda) ⓘ surface form: Bala Hisar, Charsadda Shaikhan Dheri ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf	coinage from Indo-Greek and later periods ⓘ fortifications ⓘ urban settlement from at least the 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
heritageStatus	important archaeological heritage of Pakistan ⓘ
knownFor	Gandhara civilization ⓘ surface form: Gandharan civilization Indo-Greek history ⓘ early Buddhist history ⓘ
locatedIn	Charsadda District ⓘ Gandhara civilization ⓘ surface form: Gandhara South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan ⓘ
locatedOn	confluence of the Swat River and Kabul River ⓘ
mentionedIn	Buddhist sources ⓘ
modernSite	Charsadda ⓘ
nearbyCity	Peshawar ⓘ
partOf	Kamboja–Gandhara region ⓘ surface form: Gandhara region
region	Peshawar Valley ⓘ
timeDepth	continuous occupation over many centuries ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Charsadda → historicalName → Pushkalavati ⓘ

Indo-Greek Kingdoms → hasCapital → Pushkalavati ⓘ

Peshawar Valley → containsArchaeologicalSite → Pushkalavati ⓘ

Charsadda District → containsArchaeologicalSite → Pushkalavati ⓘ

Pushkalavati → hasAlternativeName → Pushkalavati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pushkalavati (Charsadda)

Bala Hisar (Charsadda) → partOf → Pushkalavati ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Pushkalavati