Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c5.16

c5.16

**Republican peoples known to the '*Mahābhārata.*'** The *Mahābhārata* mentions the following republican peoples of these regions, viz., (1) *Yaudheyas* [II. 52; VII 9]; (2) *Kshudrakas* (II. 51; VI. 57]; (3) *Mālavas* [II. 32, II. 52]; (4) *Vasātis* [II. 52; V. 30]; (5) *Śibis* [II. 32; II. 52]; (6) *Udumbaras* [II. 52]; (7) *Prasthālas* [VIII. 44]; (8) *Trigartas* [II. 52]; (9) *Madras* [II. 52; VI. 61]; (10) *Kekayas* [III. 120] and (11) *Agreyas* [III. 254].