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Shakya (Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
:, Devanagari
Devanagari

, or 'Nagari', is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal. It is written from left to right, lacks distinct letter cases, and is recognizable by a distinctive horizontal line running along the tops of the letters that links them together....
: ????? and
Páli

P?li is a village in Gyor-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.External links...
:) was an ancient janapada (kingdom) of Iron Age India
Iron Age India

The Iron Age in the Indian subcontinent succeeds the Late Harappan culture, also known as the last phase of the Indus Valley Tradition....
. The name is derived from the Sanskrit word which means capable, able. In Buddhist
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 texts, the are mentioned as a clan. The s formed an independent kingdom at the foothills of the
Himalayas

The Himalaya Range or Himalayas for short , meaning "abode of snow" ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau....
. The capital was Kapilavastu
Kapilavastu

Kapilavastu is the name of an region of ancient Shakya kingdom that is considered a holy pilgrimage place for Buddhists, located close to Lumbini....
 (: Kapilavatthu).

The most famous was Shakyamuni Buddha (Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama was a Spirituality teacher in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is generally seen by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddhahood of our age....
), a member of the ruling Gautama (: Gotama) clan of Lumbini
Lumbini

Lumbini is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Kapilavastu district of Nepal, near the Indian border. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi is said to have given birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who in turn, as the Gautama Buddha, gave birth to the Buddhism....
, who is also known as (: , "sage of the nation").

s are mentioned in the accounts of the birth of the Buddha (
Mahavastu

The Mahavastu is a text of the Lokottaravada school of Early Buddhism. It describes itself as being a historical preface to the Buddhist monastic codes ....
, c.
Circa

Circa means "in approximately", generally referring to a year. It is widely used in genealogy and historical writing, when the dates of events are approximately known....
 late 2nd century BCE) as a part of the s (solar race) and as descendants of the legendary king :
e son of Pasenadi
Pasenadi

Pasenadi was a dynasty ruler of Kosala. He succeeded his father . He was a prominent of Gautama Buddha, who built many Buddhist monasteries....
 and , the daughter of a named by a slave girl ascended the throne of Kosala
Kosala

Kosala was an ancient Indian region, corresponding roughly in area with the region of Oudh in the present day Uttar Pradesh state. According to the Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya and the Jaina text, the Bhagavati Sutra, Kosala was one of the Solasa Mahajanapadas in 6th century BCE and its cultural and political strength earned...
 after overthrowing his father.






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Shakya (Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
:, Devanagari
Devanagari

, or 'Nagari', is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal. It is written from left to right, lacks distinct letter cases, and is recognizable by a distinctive horizontal line running along the tops of the letters that links them together....
: ????? and
Páli

P?li is a village in Gyor-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.External links...
:) was an ancient janapada (kingdom) of Iron Age India
Iron Age India

The Iron Age in the Indian subcontinent succeeds the Late Harappan culture, also known as the last phase of the Indus Valley Tradition....
. The name is derived from the Sanskrit word which means capable, able. In Buddhist
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 texts, the are mentioned as a clan. The s formed an independent kingdom at the foothills of the
Himalayas

The Himalaya Range or Himalayas for short , meaning "abode of snow" ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau....
. The capital was Kapilavastu
Kapilavastu

Kapilavastu is the name of an region of ancient Shakya kingdom that is considered a holy pilgrimage place for Buddhists, located close to Lumbini....
 (: Kapilavatthu).

The most famous was Shakyamuni Buddha (Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama was a Spirituality teacher in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is generally seen by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddhahood of our age....
), a member of the ruling Gautama (: Gotama) clan of Lumbini
Lumbini

Lumbini is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Kapilavastu district of Nepal, near the Indian border. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi is said to have given birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who in turn, as the Gautama Buddha, gave birth to the Buddhism....
, who is also known as (: , "sage of the nation").

The accounts of Buddhist texts

The s are mentioned in the accounts of the birth of the Buddha (
Mahavastu

The Mahavastu is a text of the Lokottaravada school of Early Buddhism. It describes itself as being a historical preface to the Buddhist monastic codes ....
, c.
Circa

Circa means "in approximately", generally referring to a year. It is widely used in genealogy and historical writing, when the dates of events are approximately known....
 late 2nd century BCE) as a part of the s (solar race) and as descendants of the legendary king :

Annexation by Kosala

, the son of Pasenadi
Pasenadi

Pasenadi was a dynasty ruler of Kosala. He succeeded his father . He was a prominent of Gautama Buddha, who built many Buddhist monasteries....
 and , the daughter of a named by a slave girl ascended the throne of Kosala
Kosala

Kosala was an ancient Indian region, corresponding roughly in area with the region of Oudh in the present day Uttar Pradesh state. According to the Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya and the Jaina text, the Bhagavati Sutra, Kosala was one of the Solasa Mahajanapadas in 6th century BCE and its cultural and political strength earned...
 after overthrowing his father. As an act of vengeance for cheating Kosala by sending his mother, the daughter of a slave woman for marriage to his father, he invaded the territory, massacred them and annexed it.

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