[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.s2.109 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.109 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.109 - **Language:** English ### [c13.s2.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.109) However, B.C. Law brings forth some evidence in support of Jayaswal’s suggestion of 500 members constituting the assembly of the Sakyas. Law says that “the ‘saṃthāgāra’ is spoken of in the \*Mahāvastu\* and the \*Lalitavistara\*, and we are told there that 500 Śākyas usually took their seats in the Hall. The \*Mahāvastu\* describes how thirty-two princes, the sons of a Śākya girl and Rājā Kola of Benares, came to settle in Kapilavastu, and presented themselves before the Śākya council (Śākya-pariṣad), where 500 Śākya leaders sat together to transact some important business . . . The \*Lalitavistara\* ⁶ also gives 500 as the members of the Śākya council.” ⁷ - [Previous: c13.s2.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.108) - [Next: c13.s2.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.110) - [Up: c13.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Mahāvastu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.buddhacarita-works.mahavastu) — Sanskrit - [Lalitavistarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.3.lalitavistara) — Haribhadra Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.109) · Pramāṇa