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Koliya | |||||||
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c. 7th century BCE–c. 5th century BCE | |||||||
![]() Koliya among the Gaṇasaṅghas | |||||||
![]() The Mahajanapadas in the post-Vedic period. Koliya was to the east of Sakya | |||||||
Capital | Rāmagāma | ||||||
Common languages | Prakrit Sanskrit | ||||||
Religion | Historical Vedic religion Buddhism Jainism | ||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||
Rājā | |||||||
Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||
• Established | c. 7th century BCE | ||||||
• Conquered by Viḍūḍabha of Kosala | c. 5th century BCE | ||||||
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Today part of | India Nepal |
Koliya (Pāli: Koliya) was an ancient Indo-Aryan clan of north-eastern South Asia now they are known as Koli whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The Koliyas were organised into a gaṇasaṅgha (an aristocratic oligarchic republic), presently referred to as the Koliya Republic.[1]
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