Gaya confederacy

confederacy of territorial polities in the Korean Nakdong River basin (AD 42-562)

thumb|250px|Demonstration of the sound of gayageum by a non-professional player

former country

World Heritage Site in South Korea

former state in Korea

Queen of Gaya

Daegaya () was a city-state in the Gaya confederacy during the Korean Three Kingdoms period. Daegaya was located in present-day Goryeong County, in North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea. (It should not be confused with Goryeong Gaya, which was located around present-day Sangju.)

thumb|Southern Korea around the time of the Gaya confederacy. This region has been described as the most likely location of Mimana Mimana (), also transliterated as Imna according to the Korean pronunciation, is the name used primarily in the 8th-century Japanese text Nihon Shoki, likely referring to one of the Korean states of the time of the Gaya confederacy (c. 1st–5th centuries). As Atkins notes, "The location, expanse, and Japaneseness of Imna/Mimana remain among the most disputed issues in East Asian historiography." Seth notes that the very existence of Mimana is still disputed. Howeve

language used in the Gaya Confederacy of the ancient Korean peninsula, with limited attestation

city-state kingdom in the Gaya confederacy, in modern-day Haman County, South Korea

Queen of Geumgwan Gaya

Moyang () was a Korean wife of Jo Gwang, who was chief retainer of Gaya confederacy. Queen Hogu, who was a wife of Mapum of Geumgwan Gaya was Moryang's granddaughter. Moryang came along as an attendant of Heo Hwang-ok, who married into Gaya confederacy.