Kingdom of Kashi
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The Kingdom of Kashi was a historic North Indian realm centered on the ancient and sacred city of Varanasi (Kashi), a major cultural and religious hub in Hindu tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kingdom of Kashi canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T532481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Kingdom of Kashi Context triple: [Rani Lakshmibai, birthPlace, Kingdom of Kashi]
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Medang Kingdom
The Medang Kingdom was an early medieval Javanese Hindu-Buddhist polity in Central and later East Java, known for its temple complexes and role in the development of classical Javanese culture.
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Kingdom of Kurdistan
The Kingdom of Kurdistan was a short-lived, early 20th-century Kurdish monarchy centered in northern Iraq that represented one of the first modern attempts to establish an independent Kurdish state.
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Kingdom of Valencia
The Kingdom of Valencia was a historical crown territory on Spain’s eastern Mediterranean coast, centered on the city of Valencia and known for its distinct legal institutions and cultural identity within the Crown of Aragon and later the Spanish Monarchy.
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Khanate of Khiva
The Khanate of Khiva was a Central Asian Turkic khanate centered around the oasis city of Khiva, which existed from the early 16th century until its incorporation into the Russian Empire in the late 19th century.
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E.
Kokand Khanate
The Kokand Khanate was an 18th–19th century Uzbek-ruled state in the Fergana Valley that became a major political and commercial center in Central Asia before its conquest by the Russian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kingdom of Kashi Target entity description: The Kingdom of Kashi was a historic North Indian realm centered on the ancient and sacred city of Varanasi (Kashi), a major cultural and religious hub in Hindu tradition.
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A.
Medang Kingdom
The Medang Kingdom was an early medieval Javanese Hindu-Buddhist polity in Central and later East Java, known for its temple complexes and role in the development of classical Javanese culture.
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B.
Kingdom of Kurdistan
The Kingdom of Kurdistan was a short-lived, early 20th-century Kurdish monarchy centered in northern Iraq that represented one of the first modern attempts to establish an independent Kurdish state.
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C.
Kingdom of Valencia
The Kingdom of Valencia was a historical crown territory on Spain’s eastern Mediterranean coast, centered on the city of Valencia and known for its distinct legal institutions and cultural identity within the Crown of Aragon and later the Spanish Monarchy.
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D.
Khanate of Khiva
The Khanate of Khiva was a Central Asian Turkic khanate centered around the oasis city of Khiva, which existed from the early 16th century until its incorporation into the Russian Empire in the late 19th century.
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E.
Kokand Khanate
The Kokand Khanate was an 18th–19th century Uzbek-ruled state in the Fergana Valley that became a major political and commercial center in Central Asia before its conquest by the Russian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Indian kingdom
ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept | moksha (liberation) in Hindu belief about Kashi ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Shiva ⓘ |
| capital |
Kashi
ⓘ
Varanasi ⓘ |
| centeredOn |
Varanasi
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surface form:
city of Varanasi
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| culturalCenterFor | Hindu culture ⓘ |
| culturalContinuityAtCapital |
Varanasi
ⓘ
surface form:
Varanasi remains a major Hindu religious center
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| hasAlternativeName |
Kashi Kingdom
ⓘ
Kasi Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
center of learning
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center of ritual practice ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | continuous religious tradition at Varanasi ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity | Varanasi ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryRiver | Ganges ⓘ |
| hasSacredCity |
Kashi
ⓘ
Varanasi ⓘ |
| hasUrbanCenter | Varanasi ⓘ |
| historicalEra | ancient India ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with the Ganges River
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pilgrimage traditions ⓘ religious importance ⓘ |
| languageLikelySpoken | early Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
northern India
ⓘ
surface form:
North India
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| locatedOn | banks of the Ganges at Varanasi ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hindu religious literature
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ epic literature of ancient India ⓘ |
| modernLocationCorrespondsTo |
Varanasi district
ⓘ
surface form:
Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh, India
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| partOf | ancient Indian political geography ⓘ |
| regionType |
Indo-Gangetic Plain
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surface form:
Gangetic plain
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| religiousFunction |
site of cremation ghats along the Ganges
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site of major Hindu temples ⓘ |
| religiousRole | major Hindu pilgrimage center ⓘ |
| religiousSignificanceIn | Hinduism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Vedic and post-Vedic Hinduism ⓘ |
| sacredStatusOfCapital | one of the holiest cities in Hinduism ⓘ |
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Subject: Kingdom of Kashi Description of subject: The Kingdom of Kashi was a historic North Indian realm centered on the ancient and sacred city of Varanasi (Kashi), a major cultural and religious hub in Hindu tradition.
Referenced by (3)
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