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ID: 1140124
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1140124
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bishnupur (inhabited place)  Bishnupur (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 23 04 26 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 23.0738  decimal degrees
Long: 087 19 12 E  degrees minutes   Long: 87.3199  decimal degrees

Note: NW of Calcutta; site of many temples mostly dedicated to Rādhā & Krishna; center for agricultural trading & silk weaving; has two affiliated colleges of the University of Burdwān; dhrūpad school of Indian music established 16th-17th cen.

Names:
Bishnupur (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Vishnupur (C,V)
Bishenpur (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of West Bengal (state)  ............  West Bengal (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Bishnupur (inhabited place)  ................  Bishnupur (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
municipality (C)  ............  constituted 1863
capital (H)  ............  Mallabhūm kingdom, 8th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Bishenpur..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 104
Bishnupur..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 104
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 239
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
Vishnupur..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 104
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 239
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 104
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 239
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2092051
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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