Jaintiapur

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Jaintiapur is a historic town in northeastern Bangladesh that once served as the political and cultural center of the Jaintia Kingdom.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jaintiapur canonical 3
Jaflong Union 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
historic town ⓘ
administrativeStatus town within Jaintiapur Upazila ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Jaintia people ⓘ
Khasi-Jaintia communities ⓘ
linked to: Jaintia people
contains ancient monuments ⓘ
historic ponds ⓘ
ruins of palaces ⓘ
ruins of temples ⓘ
stone structures ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Jaintia Kingdom ⓘ
governedBy Jaintia kings ⓘ
heritageStatus important archaeological heritage site of Bangladesh ⓘ
historicalPeriod medieval period ⓘ
historicalRole cultural center of the Jaintia Kingdom ⓘ
political center of the Jaintia Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn Sylhet Division ⓘ
northeastern Bangladesh ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeUnit Jaintiapur Upazila ⓘ
Sylhet District ⓘ
linked to: Sylhet
nearBorderWith India ⓘ
nearGeographicalFeature Jaintia Hills ⓘ
notableFor cultural heritage of the Jaintia Kingdom ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ
remains of the Jaintia royal complex ⓘ
partOf greater Sylhet cultural area ⓘ
proximityToCity near Sylhet city ⓘ
region Sylhet region ⓘ
linked to: Sylhet
religiousHistory Hindu kingdom center ⓘ
site of Hindu temples ⓘ
tourismType archaeological tourism destination ⓘ
heritage tourism destination ⓘ
transportConnection connected by road to Sylhet city ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Jaintia people → historicalCapital → Jaintiapur ⓘ
Jaflong → locatedIn → Jaflong Union ⓘ
linked to: Jaintiapur
Jaintia Kingdom → capital → Jaintiapur ⓘ
Synteng people → historicalCapital → Jaintiapur ⓘ