Dashapura

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Dashapura is the ancient name of the city now known as Mandsaur in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, historically significant as a regional center in western India.

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Dashapura canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
archaeologicalStatus inhabited archaeological site ⓘ
associatedDynasty Aulikara dynasty ⓘ
Gupta Empire ⓘ
Maitraka dynasty ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalRegion Malwa Plateau ⓘ
economicActivity center of silk weaving ⓘ
center of textile trade ⓘ
etymologyStatus uncertain ⓘ
governedBy Gupta rulers ⓘ
linked to: Gupta Empire

local Aulikara chiefs ⓘ
hasHeritage inscriptional records ⓘ
temple remains ⓘ
historicalNameOf Mandsaur ⓘ
historicalPeriod Gupta period ⓘ
linked to: Gupta Empire

early medieval India ⓘ
historicalRegion Avanti ⓘ
Malwa ⓘ
knownFrom Aulikara inscriptions ⓘ
Gupta-period inscriptions ⓘ
Sanskrit inscriptions ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Sanskrit ⓘ
locatedIn Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
western India ⓘ
linked to: Western India
locatedInDistrict Mandsaur district ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Shivna River ⓘ
mentionedIn Dashapura stone inscription of Kumaragupta I ⓘ
Mandsaur silk weavers inscription ⓘ
modernSuccessor Mandsaur ⓘ
partOfAncientRoute trade routes of western India ⓘ
presentDayName Mandsaur ⓘ
regionType urban center ⓘ
religiousSignificance site of Buddhist establishments ⓘ
site of Hindu temples ⓘ
scriptOfInscriptions Gupta Brahmi ⓘ
linked to: Gupta script
significance regional center in western India ⓘ
timeInhabitedSince at least early centuries CE ⓘ
urbanStatus fortified town in antiquity ⓘ

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