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The later *Jātakas* and the commentaries of Buddhaghosa also contain some useful information about the republican peoples. The *Jātakas* inform us of the number of the Licchavian assembly, the diplomatic relations between the Sakyas, Kosalans, Koliyas, Mallas and Licchavis, and some important historical events like the Sakya-Kosala and Sakya-Koliya wars. Buddhaghosa's voluminous commentaries on the *Tripiṭaka* give interesting, and at times also valuable, details about the name of the Licchavis and the Moriyas, the ethnic relationship of the latter with the Mauryan dynasty, and significant details about the causes of war between the Vajjian Confederacy and the Magadhan monarch.