[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) › c19.131 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.131 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.131 - **Language:** English ### [c19.131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.131) Videhas, 81, 82, 84, 97, 98, 136, 154, 155, 166, 170, 177, 179, 184, 202, 208, 226, 238; administration compared with Licchavis, 150-51; age of, 170; attitude towards Buddhism, 150; council of, 152-54; as invaders, 143; leadership qualities in, 153; Licchavian control over, 150, 155, 184; as members of confederacy, 146, 148; number in assembly of, 152; officers of, 153; relations with Kāsīs, 139-40; relations with Kosala, 139-40 - [Previous: c19.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.130) - [Next: c19.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.132) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.131) · Pramāṇa