Sindhu-Sauvīra
Ancient people in the western South Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the kingdoms in the Ramayana and Mahabharata, see Sindhu Kingdom and Sauvira Kingdom.
Sindhu-Sauvīra (Sanskrit: Sindhu-Sauvīra; Pāli: Sindhu-Sovīra) was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom in the western region of the subcontinent whose existence is attested during the Iron Age in India. The inhabitants of Sindhu were called the Saindhavas, and the inhabitants of Sauvīra were called Sauvīrakas.
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Sindhu-Sauvīra | |||||||
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c. 1000 BCE–c. 518 BCE | |||||||
Capital | Roruka or Vītabhaya/Vītībhaya | ||||||
Common languages | Prakrits | ||||||
Religion | Jainism Historical Vedic Religion | ||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||
Historical era | Iron Age India | ||||||
• Established | c. 1000 BCE | ||||||
• Conquered by the Achaemenid Empire | c. 518 BCE | ||||||
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Today part of | Pakistan |
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