Corporate Life in Ancient India c7.14

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c7.14

Mr. K. P. Jayaswal³ has furnished another evidence for the existence of non-monarchical form of Government in the Vedic period. He refers to a passage in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa (VII. 3. 14) which mentions that among the Uttara Kurus and the Uttara Madras the whole community was consecrated to rulership and their institutions were called 'Vairājya' or king-less states.

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Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit