Daegaya () was a city-state in the

Gaya confederacy Gaya (; ) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period. The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is AD 42– ...

during the

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period. Daegaya was located in present-day

Goryeong County Goryeong County () is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Goryeong is a historical center of the ancient kingdom of Daegaya. Administrative divisions Goryeong County is divided into 1 eup and 7 myeon. Geography Goryeong-g ...

, in

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of South Korea. (It should not be confused with Goryeong Gaya, which was located around present-day

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.) According to "Geographies" in the ''

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'', Daegaya existed for about 520 years from the first king, Ijinasi (), to the last, Doseolji (). Daegaya had sixteen kings from King Ijinasi to King Doseolji, but only five of those are known. The first king was Ijinasi, the ninth king Inoe, the sixteenth king Doseolji, and King Haji, whose generation is uncertain. King Haji () sent an embassy to Namje (南齊, in

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) in 479. According to Chinese records, he received a rank of the third order, one rank below

Baekje Baekje or Paekche (; ) was a Korean kingdom located in southwestern Korea from 18 BCE to 660 CE. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla. While the three kingdoms were in separate existence, Baekje had the h ...

and

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

. Daegaya developed quickly and played a major role in the Gaya confederacy in the 5th century AD, partly because of its advanced steel-making craft, but its progress and that of the confederacy were limited by the neighboring kingdoms of Baekje and Silla, which were more fully developed as centralized political entities. Incidental historical records and archaeological findings indicate a highly stratified

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society in Daegaya and the Gaya confederacy at this time. King Haji allied with Baekje and Silla to attack

Goguryeo Goguryeo (37 BC – 668 AD) (; ; Old Korean: Guryeo) also later known as Goryeo (; ; Middle Korean: 고ᇢ롕〮, ''kwòwlyéy''), was a Korean kingdom which was located on the northern and central parts of the Korea, Korean Peninsula an ...

in 481. Daegaya allied with Baekje to attack Silla (which, for Baekje, was in response to Silla's breach of their 120-year truce) at the battle of Gwansan Fortress in 554, but both Baekje and Gaya suffered heavy losses. This confrontation policy alienated the other member states of the Gaya confederation, and Daegaya lost its leadership of Gaya to

Ara Gaya Ara Gaya (), also known as Ana Gaya, Asiryangguk (), or Alla (), was a city-state kingdom in the part of Gaya confederacy, in modern-day Haman County of South Korea in the 6th century. History As the confrontational foreign policy of Daegaya f ...

. Daegaya fell to the armies of Silla under general Kim Isabu in 562; Silla, having already begun to absorb much of the Gaya confederacy, had invaded Daegaya as punishment for having allied with Baekje in 554. Archaeologically confirmed remains include Ancient Tombs in Jisan-dong. its turned out to be the tombs of the ruling class of Daegaya.

Names

The name Daegaya is suspected to be first used around the late Gaya Confederacy. The name itself were also used by Geumgwan Gaya during the early days of Gaya Confederacy.

List of kings

Next is the king of Daegaya. # King Ijinasi # King Geumnim # King Haji # King Gasil # King Inoe # King Doseolji (? – 562 CE)

Gallery

File:Korea-Gaya crown1.JPG, Crown of Daegaya. File:Korea-Gaya earrings.JPG, Golden earrings of Daegaya. File:지산동 고분군 ( 6 ).jpg, Ancient Tombs in Jisan-dong File:Korea-Gaya Royal tomb exhibition site.jpg, Daegaya royal tomb at the exhibition place.

External links

Cyber Museum of Daegaya
{{Authority control Gaya confederacy Former countries in Korean history Gaya States and territories disestablished in the 560s

Names

List of kings

Gallery

See also

External links