Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c11.66
Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c11.66
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There is no direct mention of an assembly-hall of the Nāyas in the Jaina Canon, but Jinaprabha the commentator refers to one.¹ We know that other republics possessed them, and comparatively small towns had their own *santhāgāras*.² So it is probable that the Nāyas also had one. On Licchavi analogy we may assume the existence of a small council which met more frequently than the general assembly, but the sources do not give further detail regarding the Nāya administration of public business or their manner of dispensing justice.