Gaṇa saṅghas

republican confederacy in ancient India

right|thumb|The Buddha|Siddhartha Gautama, called [[Shakyamuni "Sage of the Shakyas", the most famous Shakya. Seated bronze from Tibet, 11th century.]] Shakya (Pāḷi: ; Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The Shakyas were organised into a Gaṇasaṅgha| (an aristocratic oligarchic republic), known as the Shakya Republic. The Shakyas were on the periphery, both geographically and culturally, of the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain in the Greater Magadha cultural region.

Videha (Prākrit: ; Pāli: ; Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The population of Videha, the Vaidehas, were initially organised into a monarchy but later became a Gaṇasaṅgha| (an aristocratic oligarchic republic), presently referred to as the Videha Republic, which was part of the larger Vajjika League.

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Indian clan

Koliya (Pāli: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan clan of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The Koliyas were organised into a Gaṇasaṅgha| (an aristocratic republic), presently referred to as the Koliya Republic.