[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) › c19.141 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.141 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.141 - **Language:** English ### [c19.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.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 - [Previous: c19.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.140) - [Next: c19.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.142) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.141) · Pramāṇa