Vajjika Confederacy Vṛji | |||||||||
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| c. 6th century BCE–c. 468 BCE | |||||||||
.jpg) The constituent tribes of the Vajjika League, Licchavi, Videha, and Nāya, among the Gaṇasaṅghas | |||||||||
.png) Vajji (the Licchavika dependencies within the Vajjika League), Malla, and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period | |||||||||
| Status | Confederation | ||||||||
| Capital | Vesālī[1] | ||||||||
| Common languages | Prakrit Sanskrit | ||||||||
| Religion | Historical Vedic religion Buddhism Jainism | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Vajjika | ||||||||
| Government | Aristocratic Republic[1] | ||||||||
| Gaṇa Mukhya | |||||||||
| Legislature | Sabhā | ||||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
• Established | c. 6th century BCE | ||||||||
• Conquered by Ajātasattu of Magadha in 484–468 BCE | c. 468 BCE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | India Nepal | ||||||||
| History of South Asia |
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The Vajjika (Pāli: Vajjika) or Vrijika (IAST: Vṛjika) League, Confederacy, or Sangha, also called simply Vajji (Pāli: Vajji) or Vriji (IAST: Vṛji), was an ancient Indo-Aryan league which existed during the later Iron Age period in north-east South Asia.[2]
- ^ a b Olivelle, Patrick (13 July 2006). Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BC to 400 AD. Oxford University Press. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-19-977507-1.
- ^ Sharma 1968, p. 81-84.