[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.s3.28 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c12.s3.28 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c12.s3.28 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3.28) Cunningham identifies Pāvā with modern Padraonā in the Gorakhpur district.⁸ This does not seem philologically possible. It must have been somewhere near Kāsiā, for the sick Buddha could not have travelled very far on foot in so short a time.⁹ Moreover, a section of people inhabiting these parts today still call themselves Mallas and claim to be Kṣatriyas.¹⁰ In H. Panday's opinion, "they tally with the ancient Mallas as they have the title of Mallas; they claim origin from the ancestors of recognized Kṣatriyas; the generality of them do not take consecrations prescribed for the twice born: these are all indicative of a close affinity between the present day Mallas and the Mallas of ancient fame".¹¹ - [Previous: c12.s3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3.27) - [Next: c12.s3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3.29) - [Up: c12.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3.28) · Pramāṇa