Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.108

c19.108

Raghopur, 130 *Rahamusala*, 124-25 Rājagaha, 126, 131, 180, 184, 193 *Rājakulānaṁ*, 213 *Rājā*, 117, 118, 148, 186, 213; role in judicial process, 109 *Rājan*, 54; derivation of, 22; meaning of, 48n 3, 50; relation to *sabhā*, 33 *Rājānaḥ*, 49-55; ruling with *samiti*, 15, 48-60 *Rājanya*, 50. *See also* Kṣatriya *Rājās*, 48, 50, 51, 57, 58, 200, 213; election of, 12; as leaders (of *gaṇa* and *saṅgha*), 12-13; Mallian, 176; Moriyan college of, 222; number in Licchavi *gaṇa*, 99; power of, 100; Sakyan, 190; succession of, 103-4; transformation into monarchies, 19; Vedic respect for, 239; in Videhan assembly, 152 *Rājaśabdopajīvinaḥ*, 134 *Rājā-samiti* government, 27, 50-60; administration of justice in, 59; democratic element in, 49; features of, 48-49, 57-60; law and order in, 59; parallels with other systems, 59; religious functions of, 57; as transitional stage in political evolution, 59 Rājasthān, 58, 91 *Rājasūya*, 31, 60 *Rājātaraṅgiṇī*. *See* Kalhaṇa *Rājyam*, 55 Rāma, 210 Rāmagāma, 178, 184, 194, 216; centre of Koliyan power, 208, 211; identification of, 213; tank at, 212 *Rāmāyaṇa*: on Janaka's rule over Mithilā, 149; on Videha and Mithilā, 158 Rao, C. V. R., 2, 3 Rāpti, river, 193, 213, 221 *Rāṣṭra*, 19, 54 *Rathī*, 36 Raychaudhuri, H. C., 89, 184, 235; on Bhaggas and Bhargas, 228-29; on identification of river Gomatī, 233; on Moriya-Maurya, 220, 223-24; on number of Vajjian confederates, 82-83; on Vajji-Magadhan war, 125; on Videhas, 147 Ṛbhukṣan, 65, 77 Relics of the Buddha, 155; Bulis share in, 218, 226; Koliyan share in, 211-12, 216; Kosalan claim on, 184-85; Moriyan share in, 221; Sakyan claim to, 206, share in, 184, 185, 186, 193, 204; transfer to Ceylon, 211-13 Reṇu, king, 139, 151 Republicanism: ecology of, 241-42; end of, 238-40; inherent weaknesses of, 13, 240-41; marshal zeal and, 241 Republics: fall of, 13, 239-42; geographical boundaries of, map A, 7, 60, 240; in Kurukṣetra, 5; migration of, 61-2, 239-40; number of, 2; origin of N.E., 60-62; time of, 13, 61, 240; types of in early Vedic period, 13, 15. *See also* Aristocracies, *Gaṇa*, *Rājās*, *Saṅgha* *Rex*, power and position in Rome, 29-30 *Ṛg Veda*, 4, 29, 39, 48, 53, 57, 60, 62, 68, 76, 90, 233; date of composition, 33, 39; on *deha*, 143; on dice in *sabhā*, 41; on election of kings, 19, 25; on *jñāti*, 160; meaning of *vṛnatām* in, 23; on monarchy, 23; on *rājan*, 50; on *sabhā*, 5, 32-3, 39; on *sabhā-samiti*, 42; on *sabhāvatī*, 39; on *samiti*, 5, 43; style of hymn-ending in, 74-75; on *vidatha*, 63-67; 77-79; *viś* in, 5, 19-21, 27 Rhys Davids, T. W., 1, 4, 9, 81, 87, 93, 188, 191; on Aryan migration, 91; on definition of *gaṇa* and *saṅgha*, 9; on Licchavi, chief, 106, *gotra*, 90-91, judicial procedure, 119; on location of Mallas, 172, 173-74; on number of republican clans, 1; on number of Vajjian clans, 82; on Sakyas, council of, 198, decision-making in, 200-1, government, 186, 187, 189, name of, 191, territory of, 193, 195 *Rīch* (bear), 88 *Ṛkṣa* (bear), 208