[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.s2.1 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.1 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.1 - **Language:** English ### [c13.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.1) Tied in with the question of Sakyan sovereignty is the controversy regarding their form of government. We hear at one place that Bhaddiya, a young cousin of the Bhudda, was \*rājā\*,⁴ at another that the Buddha’s father, Suddhodana, held that rank,⁵ while elsewhere he is spoken of as a mere clansman, “Suddhodana the Sakyan”. - [Previous: c13.s1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s1.32) - [Next: c13.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.2) - [Up: c13.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.1) · Pramāṇa