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ID: 7593820
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7593820
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Antichak (inhabited place)  Antichak (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 25 18 57 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 25.3160  decimal degrees
Long: 087 15 57 E  degrees minutes   Long: 87.2660  decimal degrees

Note: Village on an ancient Buddhist site, first excavated in the 1960s, and identified as Vikramasila, a Buddhist center. Evidence from excavation dates the site as being active from the 9th-early 13th centuries CE.

Names:
Antichak (preferred,C,V)
Vikramasila (H,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 Antichak (inhabited place)  ................  Antichak (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
village (C)
archaeological site (C)
Buddhist (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Antichak..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2007-) accessed 7 May 2014
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Vikramasila..........  [VP]
.......................  Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2007-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2007-) accessed 7 May 2014
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2007-) accessed 7 May 2014

 

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