Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c10.s4.16

c10.s4.16

The Licchavis must have realized with political foresight that the Videhan territory could best be administered, at least in the earlier stage of their settlement in northeast India, from the older capital. It was necessary for their undisturbed settlement to first become established at the centre and mould the governmental machinery into their own pattern.