Avanti

E505038

Mahajanapada ancient Indian kingdom historical region

Avanti was an ancient Indian kingdom and cultural region centered around the city of Ujjain, prominent in early historical and religious traditions of the Indian subcontinent.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Avanti canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mahajanapada ⓘ ancient Indian kingdom ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedRiver	Shipra River NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Ujjain as a sacred city ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Shiva (as Mahakaleshwar at Ujjain) NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Ujjain NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ trade routes between north and south India ⓘ
geographicalZone	central India ⓘ
historicalSource	Buddhist Anguttara Nikaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Jain Agamas NERFINISHED ⓘ Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	astronomy and learning at Ujjain ⓘ religious centers ⓘ trade and commerce ⓘ
language	Prakrit dialects ⓘ Sanskrit (elite and religious use) ⓘ
laterIncorporatedInto	Magadha Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanda Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient India ⓘ
majorCity	Mahishmati NERFINISHED ⓘ Ujjain NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Buddhist texts ⓘ Jain texts ⓘ Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ Pali Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernLocationCorrespondence	parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh ⓘ parts of present-day Malwa plateau ⓘ
neighboringRegion	Chedi NERFINISHED ⓘ Magadha NERFINISHED ⓘ Matsya NERFINISHED ⓘ Vatsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Malwa region NERFINISHED ⓘ Sixteen Mahajanapadas NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus	monarchy ⓘ
regionType	cultural region ⓘ
religiousCenter	Ujjain NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousSignificance	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Iron Age India NERFINISHED ⓘ early historic period of India ⓘ pre-Mauryan period ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Ujjain → historicalName → Avanti ⓘ

Surasena kingdom → borderedBy → Avanti ⓘ