Vajji (tribe)
Vṛji Republic Vajji Republic | |||||||||
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| c. 7th-6th century BCE–c. 468 BCE | |||||||||
The Gaṇasaṅghas in the 5th century BCE. Vajji was located near Vesālī | |||||||||
Vajji (the Vajjika League), of which the Vajji tribe proper was a constituent, and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period. | |||||||||
| Status | Republic of the Vajjika League | ||||||||
| Common languages | Prakrit | ||||||||
| Religion | Historical Vedic religion Buddhism Jainism | ||||||||
| Demonym | Vajjika | ||||||||
| Government | Aristocratic republic | ||||||||
| Gaṇa Mukhya | |||||||||
| Legislature | Sabhā | ||||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
• Established | c. 7th-6th century BCE | ||||||||
• Conquered by Ajātasattu of Magadha in 484–468 BCE | c. 468 BCE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||
Vajji (Pāli: Vajji) or Vriji (Sanskrit: Vṛji) was an ancient Aryan tribe of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The population of Vajji, the Vajjikas, were organised into a gaṇasaṅgha (an aristocratic oligarchic republic), presently referred to as the Vajji Republic, which was part of the larger Vajjika League.