Back Regne de Matsya Catalan Matsja Czech Macjo (regno) Esperanto Matsia (reino) Spanish मत्स्य Hindi Matsya (regno) Italian マツヤ国 Japanese ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ರಾಜ್ಯ Kannada 마츠야 왕국 Korean Matsjos karalystė Lithuanian
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Kingdom of Matsya Macchā | |||||||
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| c. 1400 BCE–c. 350 BCE | |||||||
&sq=Sri Lanka&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.