Charaideo

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Charaideo is a historic site in Assam, India, renowned as the first capital and sacred burial ground of the Ahom kings.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Charaideo canonical 6

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ahom funerary architecture ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Ahom dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Ahom kingdom
associatedWithPeople Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Ahom ancestor worship ⓘ
Hinduism (later period) ⓘ
contains Charaideo maidams ⓘ
containsBurialsOf Ahom kings ⓘ
linked to: Ahom kingdom

Ahom queens ⓘ
Ahom royal family members ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificanceFor Assamese people ⓘ
distanceFromSivasagar about 28 kilometres ⓘ
etymologyMeaning shining city on the hills (from Tai-Ahom language) ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Ahom kingdom ⓘ
foundedBy Sukaphaa ⓘ
foundedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
foundedInYear 1253 ⓘ
governedBy Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
hasHeritageType royal burial site ⓘ
sacred site ⓘ
hasLocalName Che-Rai-Doi ⓘ
hasStructureType brick masonry chambers ⓘ
earthen mound tombs ⓘ
octagonal tomb bases ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
historicalEra medieval Assam ⓘ
knownFor Ahom royal tombs ⓘ
linked to: Charaideo maidams

archaeological remains of Ahom period ⓘ
being first capital of Ahom kingdom ⓘ
maidams ⓘ
laterReplacedByCapital Garhgaon ⓘ
Rangpur ⓘ
locatedIn Assam ⓘ
Charaideo district ⓘ
Upper Assam ⓘ
nearestCity Sivasagar ⓘ
notableFor blend of Tai and local architectural traditions ⓘ
proposedAs UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
region Northeast India ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor Ahom community ⓘ
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
state Assam ⓘ
timeInUseAsCapital early Ahom period ⓘ
tourismType archaeological tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
UNESCOStatus on Tentative List ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Ahom kingdom → capital → Charaideo ⓘ
Sukaphaa → firstCapitalFoundedAt → Charaideo ⓘ
Sukaphaa → deathPlace → Charaideo ⓘ
Charaideo district → namedAfter → Charaideo ⓘ
Garhgaon → precededBy → Charaideo ⓘ