Brāhmaṇa (tribe)
Tribe in Iron-Age India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brāhmaṇa (Pali: ब्राह्मण Brāhmaṇa) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age.[1]
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Brāhmaṇa | |||||||
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c. 7th century BCE–c. 5th-4th century BCE | |||||||
Capital | Veṭhadīpa-Doṇagāma | ||||||
Common languages | Prakrit Sanskrit | ||||||
Religion | Historical Vedic religion Buddhism Jainism | ||||||
Government | Unknown | ||||||
Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||
• Established | c. 7th century BCE | ||||||
• Conquered by Magadha | c. 5th-4th century BCE | ||||||
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Today part of | India Nepal |
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