Matsya (tribe)
Kingdom of Matsya Macchā | |||||||
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| c. 1400 BCE–c. 350 BCE | |||||||
Matsya Kingdom and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period. | |||||||
| Capital | Virāṭanagara | ||||||
| Common languages | Prakrits | ||||||
| Religion | Historical Vedic religion | ||||||
| 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 India 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.