[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.s2.17 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.17 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.17 - **Language:** English ### [c13.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.17) Bhandarkar quoted \*Buddhist India\* in respect of Rhys Davids’ claim that the Sakyas were a republican clan, but he ignored the reference to a second king of the Sakyas, perhaps because it went against his theory. Bhandarkar also shows complete ignorance of Oldenberg’s similar view that the Sakyas were an aristocratic government, and not a monarchy. Rhys Davids first wrote when most of the Pāli canon was unpublished. Later, in the \*Cambridge History of India\*,² he gave the reference for Suddhodana’s kingship in the \*Dīgha Nikāya\*,³ Bhandarkar himself admits this to be of an earlier date and more authentic than the \*Jātakas\*. - [Previous: c13.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.16) - [Next: c13.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.18) - [Up: c13.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli - [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.17) · Pramāṇa