Surasena kingdom

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The Surasena kingdom was an ancient Indian realm centered in the region of present-day Mathura, known from early historical and epic traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kunti kingdom 1
Surasena kingdom canonical 1
Surasena region 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mahajanapada
ancient Indian kingdom
associatedWithDeity Krishna
associatedWithDynasty Yadava dynasty
linked to: Yadava kingdom
borderedBy Avanti
Kuru
Matsya
Panchala
capital Mathura
country India
describedIn Mahabharata
Puranas
Ramayana
economy agriculture
trade
ethnicGroup Yadavas
linked to: Yadava
flourishedInCentury 1st millennium BCE
flourishedInPeriod Iron Age India
followedBy Maurya Empire
Shunga dynasty
governmentType monarchy
hasArchaeologicalSite Mathura archaeological remains
hasCapital Mathura
hasCulture Vedic culture
early Hindu culture
hasPart Mathura city-state
linked to: Mathura

regions around Yamuna River
hasReligion early Krishna worship
historicalRegion Ancient India
linked to: ancient India
knownFor strategic location on trade routes in North India
knownFrom early historical traditions
epic traditions
languageUsed Prakrit
Sanskrit
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Braj region
Northern India
linked to: northern India

Uttar Pradesh
locatedOn Yamuna River
linked to: Yamuna
namedAfter Surasena (Yadava chief)
linked to: Shurasena
partOf Indo-Gangetic Plain civilizations
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain

Mahajanapadas
linked to: Mahajanapada period

ancient Indian political geography
precededBy Vedic tribal polities in Braj region
religion Hinduism
significantFor development of Vaishnavism
early Krishna tradition

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Referenced by (3)

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

Mathura servedAsCapitalOf Surasena kingdom
Yadu dynasty mythologicalLocation Surasena region
linked to: Surasena kingdom
Pritha raisedIn Kunti kingdom
linked to: Surasena kingdom