Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c14.103

c14.103

After this we hear nothing of the Koliyas. The Nāga connection of the Koliyas of Rāmagāma has been made much of by D. D. Kosambi,⁵ but this is irrelevant for our purpose at this point. There is no mention of the Koliyas siding with the Sakyas during their fatal fight with Viḍūḍabha. It is not impossible that they acted as did the Confederates of the Vajjian League against the Magadhan king Ajātasattu, since the Sakyans were their blood relations and shared with the Koliyas the principles of republican government. It is very probable that the Koliyas were finally absorbed by the Kosalans, though the possibility that they fell directly to Ajātasattu after his conquest of the Licchavis must not be overlooked.