Licchavi Tribe

• Indo-Aryan Tribe
• Eastern Gangetic Plains
• The people were called Licchavika
• Part of the Vajji Sangha
• ganasangha (aristocratic oligarchic republic)
• Name comes from “bear”

Acheivements

• Conquered the weak Maha-Videha Kingdom relatively peacefully, and captured the capital Mithila temporarily
• Changed the capital to Vesali to protect against Magadha Empire