Dhauli

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Buddhist pilgrimage site Mauryan emperor ancient war historic site peace pagoda rock edicts

Dhauli is a historic site in Odisha, India, renowned as the place where the ancient Kalinga War occurred and where Emperor Ashoka is believed to have embraced Buddhism, marked by rock edicts and a prominent peace pagoda.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Ashokan rock edicts at Dhauli 0
Kalinga War 0
Shanti Stupa, Dhauli 0

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist pilgrimage site ⓘ
Mauryan emperor ⓘ
ancient war ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
peace pagoda ⓘ
rock edicts ⓘ
architecturalStyle Buddhist stupa ⓘ
associatedWith Emperor Ashoka NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
India ⓘ
creator Emperor Ashoka NERFINISHED ⓘ
date 3rd century BCE ⓘ
dynasty Maurya dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation hill ⓘ
hasPart Ashokan rock edicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shanti Stupa NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus important archaeological site in Odisha ⓘ
historicalEvent Kalinga War NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Ashokan rock edicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buddhist heritage ⓘ
Shanti Stupa NERFINISHED ⓘ
association with the Kalinga War ⓘ
language Prakrit ⓘ
locatedIn Dhauli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dhauli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kalinga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Bhubaneswar NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn banks of the Daya River ⓘ
material rock ⓘ
nearbyCity Bhubaneswar NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Mauryan expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose symbol of peace ⓘ
region eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ
reign 3rd century BCE ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance site where Ashoka is believed to have embraced Buddhism ⓘ
state Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme Dhamma (Dharma) ⓘ
moral governance ⓘ
non-violence ⓘ
tookPlaceAt Dhauli NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
writingSystem Brahmi script NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Kalinga → archaeologicalSite → Dhauli ⓘ