Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.1

c13.s2.1

Tied in with the question of Sakyan sovereignty is the controversy regarding their form of government. We hear at one place that Bhaddiya, a young cousin of the Bhudda, was *rājā*,⁴ at another that the Buddha’s father, Suddhodana, held that rank,⁵ while elsewhere he is spoken of as a mere clansman, “Suddhodana the Sakyan”.