Shakya republic

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ancient republic clan-based polity ganasangha oligarchic state

The Shakya republic was an ancient oligarchic clan-based state in northern India, best known as the homeland of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Shakya kingdom 1
Shakya republic canonical 1
Śākya clan of Kapilavastu 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient republic ⓘ
clan-based polity ⓘ
ganasangha ⓘ
oligarchic state ⓘ
associatedWith Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Śākyamuni Buddha
borderedBy Rohini River ⓘ
capital Kapilavastu ⓘ
category Ancient Indian polities ⓘ
Buddhist historical regions ⓘ
country Shakya ⓘ
culturalIdentity kshatriya clan ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
cattle rearing ⓘ
ethnicGroup Shakya clan ⓘ
fate annexed by Kosala kingdom ⓘ
governmentType clan oligarchy ⓘ
oligarchic republic ⓘ
historicalSource Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Buddhist Pali Canon

Buddhist Vinaya texts ⓘ
later Buddhist chronicles ⓘ
knownFor being homeland of Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ
being homeland of the Buddha ⓘ
language Old Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
locatedIn ancient India ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
modernCountry India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
modernLocation border area of modern Nepal and India ⓘ
namedAfter Shakya clan ⓘ
neighbor Koliyas ⓘ
Kosala kingdom ⓘ
Malla republics ⓘ
notableResident Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
Māyādevī ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Siddhartha Gautama

Śuddhodana ⓘ
partOf Magadh region ⓘ
surface form: Greater Magadha cultural area
politicalStructure assembly of clan elders ⓘ
raja elected or chosen from Shakya clan ⓘ
politicalSystemFeature decision-making by council ⓘ
limited role of hereditary kingship ⓘ
region Terai ⓘ
surface form: Terai region

foothills of the Himalayas ⓘ
religion Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
surface form: Vedic religion

early Buddhism ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ
6th century BCE ⓘ
Vedic period ⓘ
surface form: Iron Age India

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shakyamuni Buddha → birthRegion → Shakya republic ⓘ
Shakya → partOf → Shakya republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Śākya republic
Śuddhodana → associatedWith → Shakya republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakya kingdom
Māyādevī → associatedDynastyOrClan → Shakya republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Śākya clan of Kapilavastu