Sindhu-Sauvīra
Sindhu-Sauvīra | |||||||
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| c. 1000 BCE–c. 518 BCE | |||||||
The Sindhu-Sauvīra kingdom and the Mahājanapadas in the Post Vedic period | |||||||
| Capital | Roruka or Vītabhaya/Vītībhaya | ||||||
| Common languages | Prakrits | ||||||
| Religion | Jainism and Historical Vedic Religion | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age India | ||||||
• Established | c. 1000 BCE | ||||||
• Conquered by the Achaemenid Empire | c. 518 BCE | ||||||
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| Today part of | Pakistan | ||||||
Sindhu-Sauvīra (Sanskrit: Sindhu-Sauvīra; Pāli: Sindhu-Sovīra) was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom of the lower Indus Valley in western South Asia (present-day Sindh) whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The inhabitants of Sindhu were called the Saindhavas, and the inhabitants of Sauvīra were called Sauvīrakas.