Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.109

c19.109

Ṛkṣavī (Ṛkṣavin), 87, 88, 143, 245 Rockhill, W. W., 197 Rodasī, 38, 77 Rohiṇī, river, 193, 194, 195, 203, 211; dispute over waters of, 188-89; served as boundary, 210, 213 Rollo, 37 Romans: assemblies, 71-72, 79; *comitia* functions of, 70, 71; consul, 186; institutions compared with tribal governments, 26; magistracy, 110; republic, downfall of, 107, 241, provinces subject to republic, 166; *rex*, life tenure of, 30; senate, 103, 111; senate compared with *sabhā-samiti* government, 47-48; senate compared with *samiti*, 48; soldiers, 115 Rome, 11, 12, 18, 31, 107, 241; nature of religious organization in, 78; overthrow of monarchy in, 147; *patres-familias* in election of king, 29; population of, 99-100; power of, 131; voting units in, 12n 3 Roth, R.: on derivation of *jñāti*, 160; on *vidatha*, 68, 70 Royal insignia, 55, 58, 127-28. *See also Daṇḍa, Dhanus, Kṣatra* Ṛṣi-composers, 6 Rūdradāman, 13; election of, 25