[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) › c15.2 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c15.2 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c15.2 - **Language:** English ### [c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c15.2) Apart from the republics treated at length in the preceding chapters, the existence of other republican tribes is also attested by the early Buddhist texts. But the evidence regarding them is meagre, and the scanty references made to them do not permit a fuller account of their republican or quasi-republican institutions. As the data available from the sources is so limited that no coherent picture of any of these political communities can be given, we only discuss some of their features, and choose to refer to them as "lesser-known republics." We cannot call them, at this stage, minor republics or by some such similar designation. Some may have been quite important but are not mentioned at great length in the Buddhist and Jaina texts because they did not give much support to the doctrines which the Buddha and Mahāvīra expounded. There are four such republican peoples. - [Previous: c14.107](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14.107) - [Next: c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c15.3) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c15.2) · Pramāṇa