ancient Vajji / Vaishali region

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The ancient Vajji/Vaishali region was a prominent republican confederacy in northern India, centered on the city of Vaishali in present-day Bihar and known as an important political and religious hub in early Buddhist and Jain history.

All labels observed (2)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
ancient political confederacy ⓘ
ancient republic ⓘ
mahajanapada ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Vajji confederacy ⓘ
Vajji republic ⓘ
linked to: Vajji confederacy

Vriji ⓘ
associatedWith Gautama Buddha ⓘ
linked to: Buddha

Gautama Buddha ⓘ
linked to: Buddha

Mahavira ⓘ
Mahavira ⓘ
borders Kosala ⓘ
Magadha ⓘ
capital Vaishali ⓘ
centeredOn Vaishali ⓘ
composedOf multiple clans ⓘ
conflictWith Magadha kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Magadha
conqueredBy Ajatashatru of Magadha ⓘ
linked to: Ajātaśatru
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
governmentType republican confederacy ⓘ
historicalSource Mahaparinibbana Sutta ⓘ
includesClan Jñatrika ⓘ
Licchavi ⓘ
linked to: Lichchhavi dynasty

Malla ⓘ
linked to: Malla kings

Videha ⓘ
knownFor assembly-based governance ⓘ
council of chiefs ⓘ
early republican institutions ⓘ
languageContext Middle Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linked to: Middle Indo-Aryan
locatedIn Vajji ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Bihar ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
mentionedIn Buddhist Pali Canon ⓘ
linked to: the Pali Canon

Jain scriptures ⓘ
linked to: Jain literature
modernEquivalentLocation Vaishali district, Bihar ⓘ
linked to: Vaishali district
partOf Ganges plain ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain

eastern Gangetic civilization ⓘ
politicalStructure ganasangha ⓘ
regionType cultural region ⓘ
political region ⓘ
religiousSignificance important Buddhist center ⓘ
important Jain center ⓘ
major Buddhist pilgrimage site ⓘ
major Jain pilgrimage site ⓘ
religiousSites Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
Jain tirthas ⓘ
linked to: Jain tirtha
timePeriod 6th–4th century BCE ⓘ
Iron Age India ⓘ
linked to: Vedic period
urbanCenter Vaishali ⓘ

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Kundagrama → traditionalRegion → ancient Vajji / Vaishali region ⓘ
Vaishali (archaeological site) → event → Mahavira spent early years of his life in Vaishali region ⓘ
linked to: ancient Vajji / Vaishali region