Kikata Kingdom
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Kīkaṭa was an ancient Indian kingdom in what is now India, mentioned in the Vedas.
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Kikata Kingdom Kīkaṭa | |||||||||
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Common languages | Vedic Sanskrit | ||||||||
Religion | Historical Vedic religion | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Historical era | c. 1700–1300 BCE | ||||||||
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Today part of | India |
A section in the Rigveda (RV 3.53.14) refers to the Kīkaṭas, with its ruler Pramaganda. Some scholars have placed them in Bihar (Magadha) because Kikata is used as synonym for Magadha in the later texts;[1] while other scholars dispute this and point to evidence for a more western location, in the area approximately south of Kurukshetra (see below). Like the Magadhas in the Atharvaveda, the Rigveda speaks of the Kikatas as a hostile tribe, living on the borders of Vedic India, who did not perform Vedic rituals.[2]
Zimmer has argued, in referring to Yaksha, that they were a non-Aryan people. According to Weber, they were a Vedic people, but were sometimes in conflict with other Vedic people.[3]