Matsya (tribe)

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Kingdom of Matsya Macchā
c. 1400 BCE–c. 350 BCE
Matsya Kingdom and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period.
Capital	Virāṭanagara
Common languages	Prakrits
Religion	Historical Vedic religion[1]
Demonym(s)	Mātsyeya
Government	Monarchy
Raja
Historical era	Iron Age
• Established	c. 1400 BCE
• Disestablished	c. 350 BCE
Succeeded by Magadha
Today part of	India

Matsya (Pali: Macchā) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of central South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The members of the Matsya tribe were called the Mātsyeyas and were organised into a kingdom called the Matsya kingdom.^[1]