Shakya
Shakya Republic | |||||||||
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| c. 7th century BCE–c. 5th century BCE | |||||||||
Shakya among the Gaṇasaṅghas | |||||||||
Shakya to the north of the Mahajanapadas in the post-Vedic period | |||||||||
| Status | Vassal state of Kosala | ||||||||
| Capital | Kapilavastu | ||||||||
| Common languages | Prakrits Munda languages | ||||||||
| Religion | Sramana religions, Sun worship, tree worship, serpent worship | ||||||||
| Government | Aristocratic Republic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
• Established | c. 7th century BCE | ||||||||
• Conquered by Viḍūḍabha of Kosala | c. 5th century BCE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | India Nepal | ||||||||
Shakya (Pāḷi: Sakya; Sanskrit: Śākya) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The Shakyas were organised into a gaṇasaṅgha (an aristocratic oligarchic republic), known as the Shakya Republic. The Shakyas were on the periphery, both geographically and culturally, of the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain in the Greater Magadha cultural region.