Back Regne de Matsya Catalan Matsja Czech Macjo (regno) Esperanto Matsia (reino) Spanish मत्स्य Hindi Kerajaan Matsya ID Matsya (regno) Italian マツヤ国 Japanese ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ರಾಜ್ಯ Kannada 마츠야 왕국 Korean
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Matsya kingdom Macchā | |||||||||
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| c. 1400 BCE–c. 350 BCE | |||||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Mahajanapadas_(c._500_BCE).png) 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 | ||||||||
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| 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]
- ^ a b Raychaudhuri 1953, p. 66-68.