Kuru Kingdom

E448995

Vedic polity ancient kingdom historical region

The Kuru Kingdom was an ancient Indo-Aryan realm of northern India, central to early Vedic culture and epic traditions, and prominently featured as the setting of the Mahabharata.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kuru kingdom	5

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Vedic polity ⓘ ancient kingdom ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedWithText	Atharvaveda NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
battlefieldLocatedAt	Kurukshetra NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Gandhara NERFINISHED ⓘ Matsya NERFINISHED ⓘ Panchala NERFINISHED ⓘ Videha (across the Ganges) NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Hastinapura NERFINISHED ⓘ Indraprastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralRoleIn	early Vedic ritual systematization ⓘ formation of orthodox Vedic canon ⓘ
conflict	Kurukshetra War NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreTerritory	Delhi region NERFINISHED ⓘ Haryana region NERFINISHED ⓘ western Uttar Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Vedic culture ⓘ
dynasty	Kuru dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Indo-Aryans NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedDuring	Iron Age India ⓘ early Vedic period ⓘ
followedBy	Panchala Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus	partly historical and partly legendary ⓘ
knownFor	chariot warfare tradition ⓘ elaborate Vedic sacrifices ⓘ royal consecration rituals (rajasuya, ashvamedha) ⓘ
language	Vedic Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy	influenced later Mahajanapadas ⓘ shaped early Hindu social and ritual norms ⓘ
locatedIn	Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ northern India ⓘ
mentionedIn	Brahmanas NERFINISHED ⓘ Upanishads (as a region) ⓘ
namedAfter	Kuru (mythical ancestor) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Bhishma (regent and elder) NERFINISHED ⓘ Dhritarashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Pandu NERFINISHED ⓘ Shantanu NERFINISHED ⓘ Yudhishthira NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Vedic civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStructure	monarchy ⓘ
precededBy	Bharata Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Kuru (region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Vedic religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
royalHouse	Kauravas NERFINISHED ⓘ Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Kurukshetra War → hasPrimaryLocation → Kuru Kingdom ⓘ

Kauravas → associatedWith → Kuru Kingdom ⓘ

Dhritarashtra → kingdom → Kuru Kingdom ⓘ