Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.126
Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.126
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c13.s2.126
We have no account of the manner in which the proceedings were conducted in the Sakyan assembly-hall, but in the *Mahāgovinda Suttanta* there is an account of a session held in Sakka's heaven,³ evidently modelled more or less on the proceedings in a republican assembly.⁴ The writer of the *Suttanta* puts the account of the proceedings of heaven into the mouth of Pañcasikho Gandhabbo, who reported them to the Buddha. He says:
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- Dīghanikāya — Pāli