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ID: 7032043
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7032043

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Vaishali (deserted settlement)  Vaishali (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 25 59 24 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 25.9900  decimal degrees
Long: 085 07 48 E  degrees minutes   Long: 85.1300  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient site important in Jainism as the birthplace of Mahavira, the last Jaina saviour, and in Buddhism as a place where the Buddha visited and taught. Its most important monumental remain is a pillar with a lion capital dating to the 3rd century BCE.

Names:
Vaishali (preferred,C,V)
Vaiśālī (C,V)
वैशाली (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Bhārat (nation)  ........  Bhārat (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Bihār (state)  ............  Bihār (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Vaishali (deserted settlement)  ................  Vaishali (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
ancient site (C)
inhabited place (H)
city (H)
capital (H)

Sources and Contributors:
वैशाली..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Vaiśālī..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Vaishali..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2007-) accessed 18 July 2007
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2007-) accessed 18 July 2007
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
..........  Grove Art Online (2008-)

 

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