[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.s2.126 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c13.s2.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.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: - [Previous: c13.s2.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.125) - [Next: c13.s2.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.127) - [Up: c13.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.126) · Pramāṇa