Conventional Long Name: | Brāhmaṇa |
Common Name: | Brāhmaṇa |
Era: | Iron Age |
Government Type: | Unknown |
Event End: | Conquered by Magadha |
S1: | Magadha |
Image Map Caption: | The Mahajanapadas in the post-Vedic period. Brāhmaṇa was located close to the north of Magadha. |
Capital: | Veṭhadīpa-Doṇagāma |
Common Languages: | Prakrit Sanskrit |
Religion: | Historical Vedic religion Buddhism Jainism |
Today: | India Nepal |
Brāhmaṇa (Pali: ब्राह्मण) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age.
The territory of the Brāhmaṇas was located near Magadha, and their neighbours were the Buli tribe of Allakappa.
The capital city of the Brāhmaṇas was named in Pali alternatively Veṭhadīpa (Viṣṇudvīpa in Sanskrit) or Doṇagāma (Droṇagāma in Sanskrit).
After the Buddha's death, the Brāhmaṇas of Veṭhadīpa-Doṇagāma were given a share of his relics.
Little is known about the Brāhmaṇas of Veṭhadīpa-Doṇagāma other than that they belonged to the .