[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) › c14.97 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c14.97 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c14.97 - **Language:** English ### [c14.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14.97) Serious disputes of this kind, on a local or even on a national scale, are not unknown in the Indian sub-continent today. It is said that after the Buddha concluded peace between them, the Koliyas and the Sakyas gave 250 of their princes each to the Buddhist \*saṅgha\*.¹ We have no other account which reflects on the relations of the Koliyas with the Sakyas,² the other republics of the neighbourhood, or the Kosalan kingdom. - [Previous: c14.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14.96) - [Next: c14.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14.98) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14.97) · Pramāṇa