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 (''Goryeong-gun'') 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. Climat ...

, in

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. (It should not be confused with

Goryeong Gaya Goryeong Gaya was one of the lesser chiefdoms of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms of Korea. It was centered in present-day Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Legend indicates that it was founded by a King Taejo, to whom ...

, which was located around present-day

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.) According to "Geographies" in the ''

Samguk sagi ''Samguk Sagi'' (, ''History of the Three Kingdoms'') is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla. The ''Samguk Sagi'' is written in Classical Chinese, the written language of the literati of ancient Korea, ...

'', Daegaya existed for about 520 years from the first king,

Ijinasi Ijinasi or naejinjuji(內珍朱智) was the founder and first ruler of Daegaya. Name The name ijinasi and naejinjuji appears in Samguk Sagi. Legends about his birth There are two legends about his birth. Fall from the sky and born from an egg A ...

(이진아시왕), to the last, Doseolji (도설지왕). 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 (하지, 荷知) sent an embassy to Namje (南齊, in

Southern Qi Qi, known in historiography as the Southern Qi ( or ) or Xiao Qi (), was a Chinese imperial dynasty and the second of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era. It followed the Liu Song dynasty and was succe ...

) 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 BC to 660 AD. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla. Baekje was founded by Onjo, the third son of Goguryeo's founder J ...

and

Silla Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms o ...

. 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) ( ) also called Goryeo (), was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Northeast China. At its peak of power, Goguryeo controlled mos ...

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 ( 아시량국, 阿尸良國)), and Anra, Alla (안라, 安羅), was a city-state kingdom in the part of Gaya confederacy, in modern-day Haman County of South Korea. As the confrontational foreign ...

. Daegaya fell to the armies of Silla under general

Kim Isabu Isabu was a military general and politician of Silla during the 6th century. According to '' Samguk Sagi'', he is the fourth generation descendant of Naemul of Silla. He was also known as Taejong. He is best remembered today for his role in sub ...

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.

Etymology of the name

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
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Etymology of the name

List of kings

Gallery

See also

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