[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) › c19.132 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.132 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.132 - **Language:** English ### [c19.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.132) Viḍūḍabha, king, 84, 180, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 189, 195, 198, 219; annexation of Kesaputta, 236; compared with Ajātasattu, 205; conquest and absorption of Sakyas, 204, 216; death of, 205-6, 217; and downfall of republics, 240; hatred and extermination of Sakyas, 132, 201, 203-6; Kosalan empire under, 217; mother of, 203; seizure of Kosalan throne, 203-4 - [Previous: c19.131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.131) - [Next: c19.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.133) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.132) · Pramāṇa