Kekaya
Sign in to saveKekaya (Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-western South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age (c.1100–500 BCE). The members of the Kekaya tribe were called the Kaikayas.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Kekaya is referenced by 42 other articles, and connects out to Ravi River, Sanskrit and South Asia.
It is catalogued under the topic Ancient peoples of Pakistan.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Later history
- In epic literature
- References
- Further reading
Kekaya (Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-western South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age (c.1100–500 BCE). The members of the Kekaya tribe were called the Kaikayas.
==Location== The Kekayas were located between the Gāndhāra kingdom and the Vipāśā river, more precisely on a tributary of the Irāvatī river named the Saranges by ancient Greek authors.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kekaya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.