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Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c12.s3.64

Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c12.s3.64

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c12.s3.64

If we assume that these four were among the nine Mallas of the Jainas, the corresponding council at Pāvā must have consisted of five. But all these hypotheses are extremely speculative since, as we have seen, it is by no means certain that the Jaina formula is strictly accurate, and other tribes may have been represented.¹