Gautma Buddha’s mother ‘Mahamaya’ belongs to which tribe? [A] Pala [B] Gupta [C] Kushan [D] Koliya
The correct answer is Koliya. Gautama Buddha's mother 'Mahamaya' belonged to the Koliya tribe and she married Suddhodhana, who was a king of the Sakya clan. The Sakya and Koliya ruled on opposite banks of the Rohini river in the current Rupendehi District of Lumbini, Nepal. Both of them were republics.
