Avanti

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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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Label Occurrences
Avanti canonical 2

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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

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Ujjain historicalName Avanti