Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c13.35

c13.35

§ 35. Besides these martial republics, Pāṇini gives us the names of six other communities which from independent sources¹ are known to have been republican about that period. These are:—
(1) the M a d r a ;²
(2) the V ṛ i j i ;³
(3) the R ā j a n y a ;⁴
(4) the A n d h a k a - V ṛ i s h ṇ i ;⁵
(5) the M a h ā r ā j a ;⁶ and
(6) the B h a r g a :⁷