Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c10.s7.13

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The Vajjian Confederation was organized after the fall of the royal house of Videha.¹ The political evolution of Videha thus closely resembles the developments in the ancient cities of Greece where the monarchies of the Heroic Age were also succeeded by aristocratic republics.² It is clear from the Buddhist and Jaina sources that the Videhans played no significant role in the political activities of the Vajjian Confederacy but were only a second rate power as compared to the Licchavis and the Mallas.