[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) › c19.109 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.109 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.109 - **Language:** English ### [c19.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.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 - [Previous: c19.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.108) - [Next: c19.110.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.110.1) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.109) · Pramāṇa