State and Government in Ancient India c13.62

c13.62

The precise location of the Agesinae and the Śibis, who were in the nieghbourhood of the Mālavas at the time of Alexander's invasion, is not known. The Śibis had a monarchy in the earlier days but became a republic later. By *c.* 100 B. C. they migrated to Mādhyamikā, near Chitor in Rajputana, where a large number of their coins, issued in the name of their republic, and not that of any king, have been found.¹