[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.s3.87 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c12.s3.87 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c12.s3.87 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3.87) The \*Nirayāvalikā\* and other Jaina sources inform us that king Ceḍaga of Vesālī, who was the head of the Vajjian Confederacy, deliberated with the Mallian and the Licchavian \*gaṇarājās\* before the fight between the Magadhan king and the Vajjian Confederacy took place.⁵ Thus, the Mallas were hostile to the Magadhan king and fought against him with other confederates of the Vajjian League.⁶ But eventually they were defeated at the hands of Kuṇiya-Ajātasattu and as a result lost much of their power, at least in external affairs. Jinadāsa’s \*Āvaśyaka Cūrṇi\* tells us a somewhat different story. The chieftains of the confederate armies, demoralized by two defeats, abandoned Ceḍaga and returned to their own cities.⁷ - [Previous: c12.s3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3.86) - [Next: c12.s3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3.88) - [Up: c12.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Nirayāvaliyāo](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.upanga.8) — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12.s3.87) · Pramāṇa