Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c16.20

c16.20

There were occasional feuds amongst the republics themselves; though they were of minor importance they nonetheless weakened the republican position. To this we would attribute the fall of the Sakyas and Koliyas. If, on the other hand, all the republics of the time could have mustered their forces together against Magadha or Kosala, the monarchies would have had no chance to get the better of the republican federation.