Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.2

c19.2

Aristotle, 112 Ariṭṭhajanaka, 151, 153 Arjuna, 56 *Arthaśāstra* of Kauṭilya, 88, 135, 148; on communities living by the title of *rājā*, 169, 176; *gaṇa* and *saṅgha*, 9; on Mallas, 175; republics in, 5; on selective kingship, 25. *See also* Kauṭilya Artisan classes, 115 Aryaman, 64, 65, 77 Aryans, 50, 55, 222; civilization, 240; form of government, 17; migration of, 61, 89; pioneers as ancestors of republican peoples, 233; role of a strong king in, 16; size of territory and people, 138 Āryavarta, 11 *Āsana-paññāpaka*, election and duties of, 113 *Asātarūpa Jātaka*, on Koliya *rājā*, 214 Aśoka, 6; attempt to remove Buddha's relics, 212; — column, 193; inscriptions of, 193, 194; relationship with Buddha, 218, 220, 224 Assakas, 210 Assembly: in agricultural community, 16; of ancient Indo-Europeans, 72; in Greece, 11, 48; — hall, 114; in India, 11; of 7, 707, 114. *See also samiti* *Aṣṭādhyāyī* of Pāṇini: on *gaṇa* and *saṅgha*, 9; republics in, 5; on *saṅgha*, 10 *Aṣṭakula*, 82 *Aśvamedha*, 60 Aśvi, 36 Aśvins, 21, 64, 67, 77, 78 *Atharva Veda*, 4, 35, 36, 40, 48, 53, 60, 63, 68, 76, 77, 78; on banishment and recall of kings, 21-22, 25; date of composition, 39; on derivatives of *sabhā*, 40; on election of kings, 19, 22; on *jñāti*, 160; Kashmirian, 44; on king's tenure, 30; meaning of *vṛṇatām* in, 23; on origin of *samiti*, 5; on origin of *viś*, 5; on role of people in election of kings, 24; on *sabhā*, 18, 33; on *sabhā-samiti*, 42, 43; on *samiti*, 18; on *vidatha*, 67-68