Avanti

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Avanti was an ancient Indian kingdom and cultural region centered around the city of Ujjain, prominent in early historical and religious traditions of the Indian subcontinent.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Avanti canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mahajanapada ⓘ
ancient Indian kingdom ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedRiver Shipra River ⓘ
associatedWith Ujjain as a sacred city ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Shiva (as Mahakaleshwar at Ujjain) ⓘ
capital Ujjain ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade routes between north and south India ⓘ
geographicalZone central India ⓘ
historicalSource Buddhist Anguttara Nikaya ⓘ
linked to: Sutta Pitaka

Jain Agamas ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
knownFor astronomy and learning at Ujjain ⓘ
religious centers ⓘ
trade and commerce ⓘ
language Prakrit dialects ⓘ
Sanskrit (elite and religious use) ⓘ
laterIncorporatedInto Magadha Empire ⓘ
linked to: Magadha

Maurya Empire ⓘ
Nanda Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

ancient India ⓘ
majorCity Mahishmati ⓘ
Ujjain ⓘ
mentionedIn Buddhist texts ⓘ
Jain texts ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
Pali Canon ⓘ
linked to: the Pali Canon

Ramayana ⓘ
modernLocationCorrespondence parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
parts of present-day Malwa plateau ⓘ
neighboringRegion Chedi ⓘ
Magadha ⓘ
Matsya ⓘ
Vatsa ⓘ
partOf Malwa region ⓘ
Sixteen Mahajanapadas ⓘ
linked to: Mahajanapada period
politicalStatus monarchy ⓘ
regionType cultural region ⓘ
religiousCenter Ujjain ⓘ
religiousSignificance Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age India ⓘ
linked to: Vedic period

early historic period of India ⓘ
pre-Mauryan period ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Ujjain → historicalName → Avanti ⓘ
Dashapura → historicalRegion → Avanti ⓘ
Ujjayini → wasCapitalOf → Avanti ⓘ