[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) › c16.7 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c16.7 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c16.7 - **Language:** English ### [c16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c16.7) None of the theories attributing a non-Indian home to the Licchavis is satisfactory, and we have endeavoured to show that they were an Indo-Aryan tribe. That these republican states, with one exception, disappeared soon after the death of the Buddha has also been shown. - [Previous: c16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c16.6) - [Next: c16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c16.8) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c16.7) · Pramāṇa