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| | Mitanni - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase |
 | | The Mitanni were a people of Indo-Aryan origin who ruled a vast kingdom (with a common Hurrian population) in West Asia in the second millennium BC. |
 | | The kingdom Hanilgalbat ruled northern Mesopotamia (including Syria) for about 300 years, out of their capital of Washshukanni (or Wassukkani, or Vasukhani, meaning "a mine of wealth.") Their warriors were called marya, which is the proper Sanskrit term for it. |
 | | Assyria, previously under Mitanni control, was able to assert its independence during the reign of Ashuruballit I in approximately 1330 BC. |
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