[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) › c14.89 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c14.89 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c14.89 - **Language:** English ### [c14.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14.89) Both the Koliyas and the Sakyas were Kṣatriyas. The former were khattiyas of the \*Vyagghapajja gotta\*,⁵ and they intermarried with the Sakyas. According to Buddhaghosa, the Buddha's mother was the daughter of a Koliyan noble,⁶ Suppavāsā Koliyadhītā was also married to a Sakyan noble,⁷ though the \*Apadāna\* says that the Licchavian Mahāli was her husband.⁸ Buddhaghosa reports that the Koliyan youths once carried away many Sakyan maidens while they were bathing, but the Sakyans, regarding the Koliyans as relations, took no action.⁹ - [Previous: c14.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14.88) - [Next: c14.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14.90) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14.89) · Pramāṇa