[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968) › c10.s3.55 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c10.s3.55 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c10.s3.55 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c10.s3.55) The older Videha covered almost the same region as did later Tirabhukti or modern Tirhut,⁵ and Mithilā has been identified with Janakpur, a small town within the Nepal border, north of which the Muzaffarpur and Darbhangā districts meet.⁶ The Videhan territory comprised the areas today indicated by north Bihar, the Terāi and the south-eastern portion of the kingdom of Nepal inclusive of the lower ranges of hills.⁷ According to M.S. Pandey, the joint territory of the Videhas and the Licchavis did not extend over 1,500 to 1,800 miles in circuit.⁸ We accept this location of the Videhan territory during its republican career, as proposed by scholars, with the qualification that it must be regarded only as a probable approximation not disproved by conflicting evidence. - [Previous: c10.s3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c10.s3.54) - [Next: c10.s3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c10.s3.56) - [Up: c10.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c10.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c10.s3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c10.s3.55) · Pramāṇa