Kosala kingdom

E470319
ancient kingdom historical region

The Kosala kingdom was an ancient Indian realm in the Ganges plain, prominent in Hindu epics and early Buddhist texts as a major political and cultural center.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kosala kingdom canonical 3
Kosala 1
Kosala (in some traditions) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient kingdom ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
absorbedBy Magadha NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDeity Rama NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedText Buddhist Nikayas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valmiki Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Sravasti NERFINISHED ⓘ
life of the Buddha ⓘ
capital Ayodhya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saketa NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalRole important center of early Buddhism ⓘ
important setting of Hindu epics ⓘ
major political center in ancient India ⓘ
era Iron Age India ⓘ
Mahajanapada period NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kosalans NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedDuring 6th century BCE ⓘ
language Prakrit ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
locatedIn Ganges plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
majorCity Ayodhya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saketa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sravasti NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Buddhist texts ⓘ
modernLocation Terai region of Nepal ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighbor Kashi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magadha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vajji confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Videha NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler Dasharatha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahakosala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prasenajit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rama NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf ancient India ⓘ
politicalStatus Mahajanapada NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
rulingDynasty Ikshvaku dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solar dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Kausalya → associatedWith → Kosala kingdom ⓘ
Ayodhya Kanda → geographicalSetting → Kosala kingdom ⓘ
Saketa → wasCapitalOf → Kosala kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kosala (in some traditions)
Indian Buddhism → hasHistoricalRegion → Kosala kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kosala
Shakya republic → neighbor → Kosala kingdom ⓘ