Kauśāmbī
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Aug 24, 2024 03:12 PM
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History
Kauśāmbī was the capital of the ancient Indian kingdom of Vatsa. It was situated along the Yamunā river near its confluence with the Ganges.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59873
25.338984, 81.392899
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Kosambi (1000 BC - AD 599) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.
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- Kauśāmbī (330 BC - AD 300)
- Kauśāmbī located on Iomanes/Iobares (river) (unspecified date range)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 E4 Kauśāmbī
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kosam Inam
M.U. Erdosy, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Kauśāmbī: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59873> [accessed: 26 March 2025]
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