Koryŏng Kaya

Koryŏng Kaya
Tomb attributed to King Taejo of Koryŏng Kaya in Hamchang-eup.
Korean name
Hangul
고령가야
Hanja
古寧伽倻
RRGoryeong Gaya
MRKoryŏng Kaya

Koryŏng Kaya (Korean: 고령가야; Hanja: 古寧伽倻) was one of the lesser chiefdoms of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms of Korea. It was centered in present-day Sangju, South Korea. Legend indicates that it was founded by a King Taejo, to whom a tomb on Obong Mountain in Hamchang-eup, Sangju, is attributed.

An alliance of marriage was established between Silla and Koryŏng Kaya in 522. For this reason, Koryŏng Kaya did not participate in the Baekje-Daegaya offensive against Silla in 538. However, it does not appear that this alliance was of any lasting benefit to the kingdom. According to both the Samguk sagi and the Japanese chronicle Nihon Shoki, Koryŏng Kaya fell to Silla in 562. This was the same year that Daegaya was overrun in the south.

The members of today's Hamchang Kim lineage trace their origins to the kings of Koryŏng Kaya.

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