Kalyani (Basavakalyan)

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Kalyani (Basavakalyan) is a historic town in Karnataka, India, that served as the capital of the Western Chalukya Empire and an important center of medieval Deccan politics and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city
historic town
human settlement
administrativeDivision Basavakalyan taluk NERFINISHED
associatedWithDynasty Western Chalukya dynasty NERFINISHED
associatedWithPerson Basavanna NERFINISHED
associatedWithRuler Someshvara I NERFINISHED
Tailapa II NERFINISHED
Vikramaditya VI NERFINISHED
country India
culturalInfluenceArea Deccan plateau NERFINISHED
culturalRole center of literature and philosophy in the Deccan
currentName Basavakalyan NERFINISHED
governingState Government of Karnataka NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Kalyana NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalSite Basavakalyan Fort NERFINISHED
hasCulturalHeritage Chalukyan temple architecture
hasHistoricalContinuity from early medieval to modern period
hasHistoricalTitle royal capital of the Chalukyas of Kalyani
hasStructureType fortified city
heritageStatus site of medieval monuments
historicalEra medieval period
historicalImportance major power center in the Deccan
historicalName Kalyani NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Kalyani Chalukya domain
knownFor medieval Deccan culture
medieval Deccan politics
linkedDynastyName Kalyani Chalukyas NERFINISHED
locatedIn Bidar district NERFINISHED
Karnataka
locatedInRegion Deccan NERFINISHED
locatedOnSubcontinent Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED
nearbyMajorCity Bidar NERFINISHED
Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) NERFINISHED
partOf southern India
politicalRole seat of Western Chalukya administration
regionLanguage Kannada
religiousHeritage Lingayat mathas NERFINISHED
medieval Hindu temples
religiousSignificance important center of Lingayat tradition
servedAs capital of the Western Chalukya Empire
timeAsCapital 11th century
12th century
transportConnection connected by road to other towns in Bidar district

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Chalukya king Tailapa II associatedWith Kalyani (Basavakalyan)
subject surface form: Tailapa II