Koliya

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Koliya
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
Succeeded by Kosala
Today part of	India Nepal

Map of the eastern Gangetic plain after Viḍūḍabha's conquest of Kālāma, Sakya and Koliya

Koliya (Pāli: Koliya) was an ancient Indo-Aryan clan of north-eastern South Asia 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]