Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c14.89

c14.89

Both the Koliyas and the Sakyas were Kṣatriyas. The former were khattiyas of the *Vyagghapajja gotta*,⁵ and they intermarried with the Sakyas. According to Buddhaghosa, the Buddha's mother was the daughter of a Koliyan noble,⁶ Suppavāsā Koliyadhītā was also married to a Sakyan noble,⁷ though the *Apadāna* says that the Licchavian Mahāli was her husband.⁸ Buddhaghosa reports that the Koliyan youths once carried away many Sakyan maidens while they were bathing, but the Sakyans, regarding the Koliyans as relations, took no action.⁹