Anga Kingdom
Sign in to saveAnga was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The members of the Aṅga tribe were called the Āṅgeyas.
Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Aṅga
- Former country.common_name
- Anga
- Former country.era
- Iron Age
- Former country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Former country.year_start
- Unknown (~1100 BCE)
- Former country.year_end
- c. 530 BCE
- Former country.s1
- Haryanka dynastyMagadha
- Former country.image_map
- Late Vedic Culture (1100-500 BCE).png
- Former country.image_map2
- Mahajanapadas (c. 500 BCE).png
- Former country.image_map2_caption
- Aṅga and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic periodAṅga is the easternmost, south of Vajji and east of Magadha
- Former country.image_map_alt
- Anga
- Former country.image_map_caption
- Aṅga and other kingdoms of the late Vedic period
- Former country.capital
- Champapuri (near modern Bhagalpur) and Malini (near modern Munger), Bihar
- Former country.religion
- Historical Vedic religionJainismBuddhism
- Former country.title_leader
- Raja (King)
- Former country.leader_name1
- KarnaBrahmadatta
- Former country.year_leader1
- mid 6th century BCE
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Mahajanapada
- Country
- India
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Champapuri
- Form of government
- monarchy
- Follows
- Anga
- Image
- Ancient india.png
Show 4 more facts
- described by source
- Gujin Tushu Jicheng
- inception
- 1100-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0500-00-00
- Commons category
- Anga (India)
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Location
- Etymology
- Early history
- Later history
- Varman rule on Anga
- See also
- Notes
- References
Anga was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The members of the Aṅga tribe were called the Āṅgeyas.
Counted among the "sixteen great nations" in Buddhist texts like the Anguttara Nikaya, Aṅga also finds mention in the Jain Vyakhyaprajnapti's list of ancient janapadas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anga Kingdom” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.