[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) › c19.16 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.16 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.16 - **Language:** English ### [c19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.16) Herodotus, 6 Himālayas, 44, 60, 191, 195, 223, 240; foothills, 88, 168, 175, 179, 213, 237 Hiraṇyavatī (Hiraññavatī), river, 172-73 Hiraṇyanābha, 139 Historical sense: in Buddhists, 6; in Ceylonese, 6; in Hindus, 6; in Jainas, 6; in Vedic people, 5 Hodgson, B. H., on origin of Licchavis, 88n 3 Hoernle, A. F. R., 159; on Kuṇḍapura, 162; on Nãyas and Pārsva, 166; on Vesāli, 161 Hoey, Wm, on Veṭhadīpa, 225 Holiddavasana, 213 Homer, \*Iliad\*, 28 Homeric age, 26; \*gerousia\* in, 29; monarchies of, 157; poems of, 29 Hsüang Tsang, 212, 221; on people of the north, 81-82; on Vesāli, 97, 99 - [Previous: c19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.15) - [Next: c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.17) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.16) · Pramāṇa