Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.112
Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.112
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c13.s2.112
These references are quite significant in themselves, but this round number of 500 is so common in the Buddhist literature that not much credence can be placed upon it. We can be sure only of the existence of an assembly of the heads of Sakyan families,⁸ but we cannot determine the exact number of the body.