[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.s2.12 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c12.s2.12 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c12.s2.12 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s2.12) ⁹ \*Cf.\* Monier Williams, \*Skt.-Eng. Dic.\*, \*s.v.\* \*Malla\*. The root from which the word is derived is not certain, but may have been \*mal\* or \*mall\*, to hold, to possess. \*Cf.\* Pāṇini, \*Dhātupāṭha\*, xiv, 22-3; xxxv, 84. - [Previous: c12.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s2.11) - [Next: c12.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3.1) - [Up: c12.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s2.12) · Pramāṇa