Bhrigukachchha

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Bhrigukachchha is the ancient name of the historic port city now known as Bharuch in the Indian state of Gujarat.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bhrigukaccha 1
Bhrigukachchha canonical 1
Bhrigukachha 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historic port ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
administrativeRegion Bharuch district ⓘ
connectedTo inland trade routes of western India ⓘ
overseas trade with Mediterranean regions ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalRegion historical Lata region ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Barygaza ⓘ
Bharukaccha ⓘ
Bhrigukaccha ⓘ
linked to: Bhrigukachchha

Bhrigukachha ⓘ
linked to: Bhrigukachchha
hasRole major port on the western coast of India ⓘ
hasTopography riverine port at the mouth of the Narmada ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the oldest seaports of India ⓘ
knownFor ancient port activities ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
trade with West Asia ⓘ
trade with the Roman world ⓘ
languageRegion Gujarati-speaking region ⓘ
locatedIn Bharuch district ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
western India ⓘ
locatedNear Arabian Sea ⓘ
locatedOn Narmada River ⓘ
linked to: Narmada
mentionedIn Greco-Roman geographical accounts ⓘ
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea ⓘ
modernName Bharuch ⓘ
namedAfter sage Bhrigu ⓘ
linked to: Bhrigu sages
partOf Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

ancient Gujarat region ⓘ
region Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ
religiousAssociation Hindu traditions related to sage Bhrigu ⓘ
successorSettlement Bharuch ⓘ
timePeriod ancient India ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ
tradeGoods ivory ⓘ
precious stones ⓘ
spices ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
tradeRoute Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
maritime routes to the Persian Gulf ⓘ
maritime routes to the Red Sea ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Bharuch → ancientName → Bhrigukachchha ⓘ
Bhrigukachchha → hasAlternativeName → Bhrigukaccha ⓘ
linked to: Bhrigukachchha
Bhrigukachchha → hasAlternativeName → Bhrigukachha ⓘ
linked to: Bhrigukachchha