Vesali
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Vesali was an ancient city that served as a major early capital and cultural center of the Arakan (Rakhine) region in present-day Myanmar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vesali canonical | 1 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Rakhine people ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ |
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| culture | Arakanese Buddhist culture ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | early second millennium CE or earlier ⓘ |
| followedBy | later Arakanese capitals ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidence |
city walls
ⓘ
inscribed stones ⓘ religious structures ⓘ sculptures ⓘ |
| hasRole |
religious center
ⓘ
royal capital ⓘ trade center ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important historical site of Myanmar ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Arakan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Buddhist monuments
ⓘ
archaeological remains ⓘ early urbanization in Arakan ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
Pali
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Bay of Bengal maritime trade ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arakan
ⓘ
surface form:
Arakan region
Rakhine State ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ present-day Myanmar ⓘ |
| partOf | early Arakanese kingdom ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Arakanese settlements ⓘ |
| regionType | coastal region near Bay of Bengal ⓘ |
| servedAs |
capital of Arakan
ⓘ
cultural center of Arakan ⓘ political center of early Arakanese polities ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.