Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.141

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c19.141

*Viś*, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 35, 44, 45, 49, 54, 75-76; archaic assembly, 43, 45, 49, 51, 237; evidence for election of ruler by, 19-22; interpretation and classical parallels of, 27, 29; origin and relation with other political institutions, 5, 43; as political body, composition of, 29; relation with *samiti*, 43, 51, 76, 237; role in banishment of king, 30; role in election of king, 5, 24, 28; role of fathers in, 27; territorial connotation of, 32 Viśākhadatta's *Mudrārākṣasa*, on Murā, Maurya, *vṛṣala*, 223 *Viśām viśpati*, 20 *Viśāmpatir*, 20 *Viṣṇu Purāṇa*, 142, 158; on Mithilā, 143-44 Viśvedevas, 66, 67, 77 Vivasvat, 66 *Vivātakam*, 202 *Vohārikānaṁ*, 117, 247 Voting, in Sakyan assembly, 200-1 *Vrāṭya-kṣatriyas*, 134, 181 *Vṛjis*, 81, 134, 148, 157, 174, 181; alternate name of, 93-96; area of, 97. *See also* Vajjis *Vṛji-bhūmi*, 94 *Vṛji-grāmaka*, 94 *Vṛji-grāmakeṣu*, 94 *Vṛji-janapada*, 98, 149 *Vṛjiṣu janapadeṣu*, 94-95 *Vṛṇānā*, 19 *Vṛṇatām*, meaning of, 23-24 *Vṛṣala*, 223 Vyagghapajjā, 209 Vyagghapajja *gotta*, 215