Matsya (tribe)
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Matsya kingdom Macchā | |||||||||
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| c. 1400 BCE–c. 350 BCE | |||||||||
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]
Etymology
Macchā in Pāli and Matsya in Sanskrit mean "fish".[2][3][4]
Location
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Location of the Matsyas among the Vedic tribes
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Location of Matsya during the late Vedic period
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Location of Matsya during the post-Vedic period
| History of South Asia | |
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| (330–323 BC) | |
| Maurya Empire | (321–184 BC) |
| Seleucid India | (312–303 BC) |
| Sangam period | (c. 600 BC – c. 300 AD) |
| Pandya Empire | (c. 300 BC – AD 1345) |
| Chera Kingdom | (c. 300 BC – AD 1102) |
| Chola Empire | (c. 300 BC – AD 1279) |
| Pallava Empire | (c. 250 AD – AD 800) |
| Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire | (c. 250 BC – c. AD 500) |
| Parthian Empire | (247 BC – AD 224) |