Jaintia Kingdom

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The Jaintia Kingdom was a historical monarchy in northeastern India, centered in present-day Meghalaya, known for its matrilineal society, distinct Jaintia (Pnar) culture, and control of important hill and plains trade routes until its annexation by the British in the 19th century.

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Label Occurrences
Jaintia Kingdom canonical 5
Jaintia Kingdom (historical) 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical kingdom ⓘ
annexedBy British East India Company ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
borderedBy Assam plains ⓘ
linked to: Brahmaputra Valley

Khasi states ⓘ
linked to: Khasi Hills
capital Jaintiapur ⓘ
Nartiang ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalRegion Jaintia Hills ⓘ
culture Jaintia culture ⓘ
economy trade-based economy ⓘ
endCause British annexation ⓘ
endDate 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jaintia people ⓘ
Pnar people ⓘ
event annexation by the British Empire ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
historicalStatus princely hill state ⓘ
knownFor control of hill trade routes ⓘ
control of plains trade routes ⓘ
distinct Jaintia (Pnar) culture ⓘ
language Pnar language ⓘ
legacy influence on modern Jaintia Hills district identity ⓘ
preservation of Jaintia matrilineal customs ⓘ
locatedIn Jaintia Hills region ⓘ
linked to: Jaintia Hills

Northeastern India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India

present-day Meghalaya ⓘ
notableFeature integration of hill and plains territories ⓘ
matrilineal inheritance customs ⓘ
officialReligion Hinduism ⓘ
partOf Eastern Himalayan cultural region ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Himalayas
politicalSystem hereditary kingship ⓘ
presentInCountry Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
region Eastern India ⓘ
linked to: eastern India
regionControlled parts of present-day Assam plains ⓘ
parts of present-day Meghalaya ⓘ
religion indigenous Jaintia religious practices ⓘ
rulingTitle Raja ⓘ
Syiem ⓘ
societalStructure matrilineal society ⓘ
successor British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
timePeriod pre-colonial India ⓘ
tradeGoods forest products ⓘ
iron ⓘ
lime ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Jaintia Hills → historicallyRuledBy → Jaintia Kingdom ⓘ
Jaintia people → historicalPolity → Jaintia Kingdom ⓘ
Nartiang Monoliths → associatedWith → Jaintia Kingdom ⓘ
Nartiang → partOf → Jaintia Kingdom (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Jaintia Kingdom
Jaintiapur → formerCapitalOf → Jaintia Kingdom ⓘ
Synteng people → historicalPolity → Jaintia Kingdom ⓘ