Person
Jinheung of Silla
Jinheung was king of Silla from 540 to 576 and its greatest early conqueror. Allied with Baekje, he took the Han river valley from Goguryeo and then seized it from Baekje in 553, gaining access to the Yellow Sea. He annexed Daegaya and the remaining Gaya states in 562, erected boundary steles recording his tours, and founded the hwarang youth corps.
Mentioned in 3 state histories
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jinheung of Silla. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jinheung-of-silla
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