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Jinhan confederacy 진한 (辰韓) | |||||||||
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| 194 BC–4th Century CE | |||||||||
 Jinhan is on the far right. | |||||||||
| Common languages | Han | ||||||||
| Religion | Shamanism | ||||||||
| Government | Confederacy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Ancient | ||||||||
• Establishment | 194 BC | ||||||||
• Submission to Silla | 4th Century CE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | South Korea | ||||||||
| Jinhan confederacy | |
| Hangul | 진한 |
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| Hanja | 辰韓 |
| Revised Romanization | Jinhan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chinhan |
Jinhan (Korean: 진한; Korean pronunciation: [tɕin.ɦan]) was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the 1st century BC to the 4th century AD in the southern Korean Peninsula, to the east of the Nakdong River valley, Gyeongsang Province. Jinhan was one of the Samhan (or "Three Hans"), along with Byeonhan and Mahan. Apparently descending from the Jin state of southern Korea, Jinhan was absorbed by the later Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.