[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) › c12.s2.10 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c12.s2.10 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c12.s2.10 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s2.10) For a tribal name to be adopted as a professional one is by no means unique as it has its parallels in the Māgadhas and the Videhas, whom Manu treats as professional groups.⁸ That these were two ancient tribes is unquestionable. Similar is the case of the Ahīrs of today, the Ābhīras of earlier times. When the word Malla occurs in the pre-Buddhist literature it may apply to the Mallas as a tribe and as professional wrestlers at the same time.⁹ - [Previous: c12.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s2.9) - [Next: c12.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s2.11) - [Up: c12.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s2.10) · Pramāṇa