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.

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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

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Arakan historicalCapital Vesali