Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c27.2
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c27.2
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c27.2
§ 165. The Gupta power struck the republican system in Rajputana. The Guptas, however, rose to imperial position by their alliance with the republican Lichchhavis¹ which had survived the Maurya and Suṅga times and had grown highly powerful. They had outlived their ancient contemporaries in power and glory and remained the single and sole representative of ancient republicanism.