[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) › c11.14 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c11.14 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c11.14 - **Language:** English ### [c11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11.14) The sources are in perfect harmony as to the Nāyas being a Kṣatriya clan. They are often referred to as \*Nāya-Khattiyas\*¹ or \*Jñāta-Kṣatriyas\*,² and very frequently Mahāvīra's father, Siddhārtha, is called a \*khattiya\*. Mahāvīra himself is almost invariably called \*Nātaputta\* or \*Nāthaputta\* in all the Pāli sources, and often in the Jaina Prākrit texts. Reviewing all the sources, we prefer to refer to them by their standard designation as the \*Nāya-Khattiyas\* (Sanskrit \*Jñāta-Kṣatriyas\*).³ - [Previous: c11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11.13) - [Next: c11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11.15) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11.14) · Pramāṇa