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Daegaya
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| Daegaya | |
|---|---|
| Hangul: |
대가야
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| Hanja: |
大伽倻
|
| Revised Romanization: | Daegaya |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Taegaya |
Daegaya was a major chiefdom of the Gaya confederacy during the Korean Three Kingdoms period. Daegaya was located in present-day Goryeong County, in North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea. (It should not be confused with Goryeong Gaya, which was located in present-day Jinju.)
According to "Geographies" in Samguk Sagi, Daegaya existed for about 520 years from the first king, Ijinashi (이진아시왕), to the last, Doseolji (도설지왕). Daegaya had sixteen kings from King Ininashi to King Doseolji but only four of those are known; 1st King Ijinashi, 9th King Anoi, 16th King Doseolji and King Haji with uncertain generation. King Haji (하지, 荷知) of Daegaya sent an embassy to Namje (南齊, the Southern Qi Dynasty) in 479. According to Chinese records, he received a rank of the third order, one rank below Baekje and Silla.
Daegaya developed quickly and played a major role in the Gaya confederacy in the 5th century, partly because of their advanced steel-making craft, but their progress was limited by the neighboring Baekje and Silla kingdoms. Incidental historical records and archeological findings indicate a highly stratified aristocratic society at this time.
King Haji allied with Baekje and Silla to attack Goguryeo in 481. Daegaya allied with Baekje in attacking Silla at the battle of Gwan Mountain Fortress in 554, but both Baekje and Gaya suffered heavy losses. This confrontation policy alienated the other member states, and Daegaya lost its leadership of Gaya to Ara Gaya.
Daegaya fell to the Silla army under general Lee Sabu in 562.
