The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c12.s1.t3.33

c12.s1.t3.33

The principles of the Sâkiya republic, nay, the entire philosophy of democratic republicanism found an able exponent in Śâkya, the Buddha, who, though he renounced the family-ties, remained an active propagandist all his life. And the propaganda embraced lectures² as much on constitutional law, trial by jury, *res judicata*, government by the majority, the importance of public meetings, and all other branches of civic life, as on the pathway to salvation and the elimination of misery from the world of men.