Anga
Aṅga | |||||||
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| Unknown (~1100 BCE)–c. 530 BCE | |||||||
Aṅga and other kingdoms of the late Vedic period | |||||||
| Capital | Champapuri (near modern Bhagalpur) and Malini (near modern Munger), Bihar | ||||||
| Religion | Historical Vedic religion Buddhism Jainism | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
• | Brahmadatta | ||||||
| Raja (King) | |||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||
• Established | Unknown (~1100 BCE) | ||||||
• Disestablished | c. 530 BCE | ||||||
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| History of Bengal |
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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.