Banavasi region

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cultural region historical region

The Banavasi region is an ancient cultural and political center in present-day Karnataka, India, historically renowned as the early capital and heartland of the Kadamba dynasty.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Banavasi region canonical 1
Kudremukh region 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedDynasty Kadamba dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Kadamba Mayuravarman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madhukeshwara Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mayurasharma NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Banavasi town NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance early center of Kannada culture ⓘ
earliestFlourishingCentury 4th century CE ⓘ
earlyCapitalOf Kadamba kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyHistorical agriculture ⓘ
forest produce ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
formerAdministrativeDivision Banavasi-12,000 (Banavasi-12 sahasra) NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalFeature forested landscape ⓘ
hilly terrain ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Banavasi archaeological remains ⓘ
hasTemple Madhukeshwara Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus site of protected monuments of national importance in India ⓘ
historicalCapitalOf Kadamba dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod ancient India ⓘ
early medieval India ⓘ
historicalRole frontier region between Deccan and coastal Karnataka ⓘ
influenced later Kannada dynasties ⓘ
influencedBy Deccan political history ⓘ
knownAs Banavasi-Vaijayanti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vaijayanti NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Kannada NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Karnataka ⓘ
South India ⓘ
Uttara Kannada district NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Varada River NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Puranic texts ⓘ
classical Sanskrit literature ⓘ
inscriptions of the Kadamba dynasty ⓘ
modernAdministrativeState Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyRegion Malnad region of Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Western Ghats cultural zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSignificance one of the earliest native Kannada-speaking kingdoms ⓘ
religiousTradition Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptUsedHistorically Kadamba script NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeDepth over 1,500 years of recorded history ⓘ
traditionalRegionOf Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Kadamba dynasty → territoryIncludes → Banavasi region ⓘ
Tunga River → sourceLocation → Banavasi region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kudremukh region