Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c16.4

c16.4

It is not unlikely that the northeastern republicans, the Licchavis, Mallas, Sakyas, etc., and probably also the later republics of northwestern India, were offshoots of the early Vedic aristocrats. Their constitutions were an adaptation of those of the latter, some of whom had migrated to the east along the Himālayan foothills, following the tracks of the Videhan national hero.