[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) › c19.113 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.113 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.113 - **Language:** English ### [c19.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.113) Vācaspati, 52 Vaideha, 137, 158 Vaidehakas, 158 Vaidehis, 81 Vaidehī Sītā, 158 \*Vairājya\*, 61n 3 Vaiśālī, 144, 156, 161; area of, 97; burial practices of, 88-89. \*See also\* Vesāli Vaiśvānara, 64, 77 Vaiśyas, 50, 157, 162; political rights of, 112 \*Vājapeya\*, 60 \*Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā\*: on manner of addressing the councillors, 42; on \*sabhā\* and its derivatives, 34; on \*vidatha\*, 63 \*Vajjidhammam\*, 116 Vajjis, 1, 82, 83, 84, 96, 149, 157, 235; assimilation into Magadha, 168; confederacy of, 81-84, 85, 94, 97, 103, 122, 134, 135, 154, 165, 166, 174, 178, 180, 184, defeat, and downfall of, 6, 130-31, 157, 168, 181, 240, Mallas in, 179, nature and number of, 7, 81-84, 146, 216, 238, organization of, 157 as political entity, 95, power of, 94, tenacity of spirit in, 240, Videhas in, 144, 155, 156; council of, 96, 166, 177, authority of, 166, Nāyas in, 165, number in, 83-84, 147, 157; discord in kings of, 126; frequency in sources, 94-96, 246; full sovereign rights of, 115; independent tribe of, 83; League. \*See\* Confederacy; legal system of, 82. \*See\* Licchavis; meaning of, 93; prosperity of, 176; survival of, 132-35; territory of, 7, 83, 97; weakness in administrative system of, 241 Vāk, 38 Vaṃśa, 117 Vaṃsas, 229 Vāniyagāma, 161 \*Varṇāśramadharma\*, 239 \*Vārtikākāra\*, on Koliyas, 208. \*See also\* Kātyāyana Varuṇa, 21, 30, 53, 54, 64, 65, 77 Vāsabhakhattiyā, 189 Vāsavī (Gos-chan), 156 Vāseṭṭhas, 170 Vaśiṣṭha, 143; —\*gotra\*, 176 Vassakāra, 155; diplomacy of, 6, 126, 240; official in Vesāli, 111, 128 Vatsas, 228, 230 Vedas, analysis of, 3, 74-75 Vedeha, king, 140 Vedehiputto, 127, 141 Vedic: aristocracies, relation with NE republics, 60-62, 237, 242; assemblies, 79, 202, manner of consent in, 28-29; culture, development of, 138; councillors compared with classical and Icelandic leaders, 37-38; \*gaṇa\*, 8-9, 79; hymns, qualities of leaders in, 35; people, nature of, 16; period, different types of aristocracies in early, 4-5, 15ff, 237, \*interrex\* in, 32; political communities, distinction of rank in, 28; and Purāṇic writers' attitude towards Vajjis, 134; texts, analysis of, 3, 5, 13, 74-75, on election by \*viś\*, 19-22, on meaning of \*viś\*, 27, on Nāyas, 167, reliability of, 4, on Vajjis, 134 - [Previous: c19.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.112) - [Next: c19.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.114) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.113) · Pramāṇa