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.
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
→
surface form:
city of Varanasi
|
| culturalCenterFor | Hindu culture → |
| culturalContinuityAtCapital |
Varanasi
→
surface form:
Varanasi remains a major Hindu religious center
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Kashi Kingdom
→
Kasi Kingdom → |
| hasCulturalRole |
center of learning
→
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
→
pilgrimage traditions → religious importance → |
| languageLikelySpoken | early Indo-Aryan languages → |
| locatedIn |
northern India
→
surface form:
North India
|
| 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
|
| partOf | ancient Indian political geography → |
| regionType |
Indo-Gangetic Plain
→
surface form:
Gangetic plain
|
| religiousFunction |
site of cremation ghats along the Ganges
→
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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