State and Government in Ancient India c13.70

c13.70

¹ It will thus be seen that these republics were not much larger than the city states of ancient Greece. Sparta, the biggest state, had an area of 3360 sq. miles; the area of the Lichchhavi state was approximately the same. Athencs at the time of its greatest prosperity ruled over 1060 sq. miles, which seems to have been the area of the Śākya republic.