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Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s10.183

Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s10.183

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c9.s10.183

³ Note the references to elected kings (e. g. amongst the Kathaioi) and autonomous folks by the historians of Alexander in the fourth century B.C. The Ambashṭhas had a strong monarchy in the Brāhmaṇa period (*Ait. Br.* viii 21). In the days of Alexander (*Inv. Alex.* 252) the constitution was democratic.