Gingee

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Gingee is a historic town in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned for its ancient hilltop fortifications and strategic military significance.

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Label Occurrences
Gingee canonical 9

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortification ⓘ
hill fort ⓘ
historic place ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
connectedBy National Highway 66 (India) ⓘ
constructedOn rocky hills ⓘ
country India ⓘ
India ⓘ
district Viluppuram district ⓘ
elevation approximately 92 metres ⓘ
governingBody Town Panchayat ⓘ
hasFort Gingee Fort ⓘ
hasPart Chandrayandurg hill fort ⓘ
Krishnagiri hill fort ⓘ
Rajagiri hill fort ⓘ
hasPostalCode 604202 ⓘ
hasRiverNearby Thenpennai River ⓘ
linked to: Ponnaiyar River
hasTelephoneCode 04145 ⓘ
historicalEra Vijayanagara Empire period ⓘ
linked to: Vijayanagara Empire

medieval period ⓘ
knownFor Gingee Fort ⓘ
ancient hilltop fortifications ⓘ
hilltop fortifications ⓘ
strategic military importance ⓘ
strategic military significance ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Gingee ⓘ
Gingee taluk ⓘ
South India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
maintainedBy Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Chennai ⓘ
Pondicherry ⓘ
linked to: Puducherry
nickname Troy of the East ⓘ
region Cauvery delta cultural region ⓘ
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
state Tamil Nadu ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
usedBy British Empire ⓘ
Carnatic Nawabs ⓘ
French colonial forces ⓘ
Marathas ⓘ
linked to: Maratha

Mughals ⓘ
linked to: Mughal dynasty

Vijayanagara Empire ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Jinji Fort → locatedIn → Gingee ⓘ
Nayak dynasty → ruledRegion → Gingee ⓘ
Gingee Fort → locatedIn → Gingee ⓘ
subject linked to: Gingee
Senji Fort → locatedNear → Gingee ⓘ
Gingee Fort → locatedIn → Gingee ⓘ
Siege of Jinji → location → Gingee ⓘ