The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c7.s4.1

c7.s4.1

At this stage it is desirable to be acquainted with the non-king *gaṇa* polities of the Hindus. These republican states have to be placed in three periods¹⁰:
1. c. B.C. 600-450: The republican clans of the *Jātaka* literature.
2. c. B.C. 350-300: The republics encountered by Alexander.
3. c. 150-350 A.C.: The survivals of the previous republican clan-states between the fall of the Maurya and the rise of the Gupta Empire.