Vajji Kingdom
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Was a confederacy of neighbouring clans and one of the principal mahājanapadas of Ancient India. The area they ruled constitutes the region of Mithila in northern Bihar and their capital was the city of Vaishali.
Establishment
January 699 BC: Vajji (Sanskrit: Vṛji) or Vrijji was a confederacy of neighbouring clans including the Licchavis and one of the principal mahājanapadas of Ancient India. The area they ruled constitutes the region of Mithila in northern Bihar and their capital was the city of Vaishali. The Vajji state is indicated to have been a republic.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 599 BC: Expansion of the Magadha Kingdom until 600 BC.
January 549 BC: Even before the advent of Buddhism and Jainism, Vaiśālī was the capital of the republican Licchavi state. In that period, Vaiśālī was an ancient metropolis and the capital city of the republic of the Vaiśālī state, which covered most of the Himalayan Gangetic region of present-day Bihar state, India.
January 543 BC: The Haryanka dynasty, believed to be the second ruling dynasty of Magadha, succeeded the mythological Barhadratha dynasty in -544.
January 499 BC: The Videha Kingdom became incorporated into the Vajji confederacy.
January 491 BC: The ruler of Magadha, Bimbisara of the Haryanka dynasty, greatly expanded the Kingdom during his reign from 544 BC to 492 BC.
Disestablishment
January 399 BC: Vajji Kingdom was conquered by Ajatashatru of Magadha.
Selected Sources
Schwartzberg,J. E. (1992): A Historical Atlas of South Asia, Minneapolis (USA), Plate III.B.4b (p.18) and Plate XIV.1a-c (p.145).
