[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) › c13.s2.104 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.104 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.104 - **Language:** English ### [c13.s2.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.104) We are not certain of the exact number of the Sakyan general assembly, but from Buddhaghosa's statement that there were 80,000 families in the clan of the Buddha ² it would appear fairly large. Jayaswal suggests that the Sakyan council was composed of 500 members.³ However, he gives no authority to support this claim, but appears to base it on the \*Lalitavistara\*.⁴ From the context it is obvious that he made this statement without serious thought, as the following statement of his, based on Rockhill, reads: “The Śākyas are said to have had a law that each citizen could have only one wife”.⁵ - [Previous: c13.s2.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.103) - [Next: c13.s2.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.105) - [Up: c13.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.104) · Pramāṇa