[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) › c19.20 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.20 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.20 - **Language:** English ### [c19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.20) \*Kadali\*, 104 Kairiśi Sutvan, 228 Kakkurapatta, 213 Kakutthā (Kukustā), river, 172-73 Kāla, Prince, 124 Kālāmas of Kesaputta, 175, 218, 219, 231, 233, 234, 235, 236; government by discussion, 235; under Kosalan supervision, 234; compared with Moriyas, 233; in Pasenadi's council, 235; share in Buddha's relics, 236 Kalāpin, 233 Kalhaṇa, 6; on elective kingship, 26 \*Kalpa Sūtra\*, 132, 164; on Kuṇḍapura, 162; on Pārśva, 166; on Vajjian confederacy, 84 Kamalavardhana, 26 Kapila, 194 Kapilanagara, 193 Kapilavatthu (Kapilavastu), 175, 178, 182, 185, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 199, 206, 209, 210, 211; foundation of, 193 Karaṇḍa, 191 Karṇa, 56 Kārusas, 231 Kāsī (\*Kāśī\*), 139, 147, 156, 169; —Kosala, 84, 105, 179, 240 Kāsiā, 174, 225 Kāsīs, 96, 136, 138, 139, 140 \*Kāṭhaka Saṁhitā\*, 34; on "cows of Videha", 139 Kaṭhas, 233 Kātyāyana, 181; on \*gaṇa\*, 98 \*Kauśika Sūtra\*, 44 Kausikī (Kosi), river, 144 \*Kauśītakī Āraṇyaka\*, on Magadhan Brāhmaṇas, 137-38 \*Kauśītakī Brāhmaṇa\*, 34 \*Kauśītakī Upaniṣad\*, on Videha, 138 Kauṭilya, 13, 134, 157, 171, 181, 206; on communities living by the title of \*rājās\*, 152; on fragrant material, 128n 1; on \*gaṇa\*, 98; on Koliyas, 208; on Licchavis, 86; \*maṇḍala\* theory of, 122-23; on \*saṅgha\* and \*gaṇamukhyāḥ\*, 110; on Vṛjika, 93, 146. \*See also Arthaśāstra\* Keeper of the umbrella, 153 Keith, A. B., on \*viś\* and its parallels, 29 Kesaputta (Keśaputra), 175, 231, 232, 233, 234 Keśins: migration of, 233-34; relation with Kālāmas, 233; relation with Pāñcālas, 232; in \*Śat. Br.\*, 232, 233; sympathetic to Brāhmanism, 236 Keśin Satyakāmi, 232 \*Kevalin\*, 61 Khaṇḍa, 111-12, 155 Khaṇḍika, 232 Kharaunapokhrā, 104 King: banishment and recall of, 21-22, 25, 30, 31-32; divinity of, 239; of early Aryans, 16; relation to \*sabhā\* and \*samiti\*, 46, 48, 51; in Sakyas 56, 189; in Videhas, 143, 153, 154, 179 Kingship: elective, 19-26, 33, 43, 114; hereditary principle of, 26, 59; paraphernalia of, 121; qualities for, 22, 30-31; selective, 15, 18, 24, 28, 32, 153 Kirātas, 228 Koelwār, 130 Koht, H., on character and organization of Vikings, 37 Kola, 207, 208, 211, 220; —nagara, 209; —\*phala\*, 207-8; \*rājā\*, 197; royal sage, 209 Koliyas, 7, 147, 156, 166, 175, 184, 189, 194, 195, 198, 203, 207, 208, 212, 213, 221, 226, 229, 230, 240; absorption into Kosala, 216, 217; assembly of, 213, 214; compared with Licchavis, 115; connexion with Nāgas, 216; dispute with Sakyas, 196, 203, 207; etymology of, 211; fall of, 217, 242; governing authority of, 213; —\*kammakaras\*, 214; neglect in sources, 208; officers of, 214-15; origin of, 209-11; part of Magadhan empire, 217; police of, 215; —\*rājadhītaraṁ\*, 214; —\*rājās\*, 213-14, 217; —sevakas, 214; time of, 208 Kollāga, 162 Konkaṇḍa, 230 Kosalādevī, 141 Kosalas, 7, 91, 96, 115, 121, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 144, 156, 174, 175, 179, 186, 193, 194, 195, 226, 228, 230; fall of and absorption into Magadha, 205-6; fight with Sakyas, 204-5; kingdom of, 139, 144, 169, 213, 221; kings of, 115, 141, 180, 238; territory of, 203 Kosāmbī, 229 Kosambi, D. D.: on Aryan migration, 91; on Nāga-Koliya connexion, 216 Kosī, 98 Koṭigāma: as frontier post, 129; island in the Ganges, 129-31 Kṛpa, 56 Kṣatra, 50, 55; —\*tantu\*, 55 Kṣatriyas (Khattiyas), 20, 31, 50, 89, 112, 115, 160, 162, 170, 174, 175, 181, 196, 213, 215, 218, 221, 226; Buddha as a, 166; families of, 103; in Licchavi \*gaṇa\*, 98, 111 Kṣūdrakas, 241 Kula, 83, 187; meaning of, 117 Kūlavālaya, 125 Kumāradevī, 134 \*Kuṇāla Jātaka\*, 188, 189, 194, 196; on Koliyan assembly, 214; on Koliyas, 207, 211; on Sakya-Koliyan dispute, 203 Kuṇḍagāma (Kuṇḍapura, ? mod. Basukuṇḍ), 1, 7, 161, 162, 164, 167; birthplace of Mahāvīra, 161; city with suburbs, 162; importance of, 163; suburb of Vesāli, 161 Kūṇiya, 124, 125, 177. \*See Ajātasattu\* Kurus, 88, 90, 140; —\*kṣetra\*, 5, 136; —\*Pāñcālas\*, 136, 137, region, sacredness of, 91, 138 Kusinārā (Kāsiā), 6, 126, 150, 155, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 179, 180, 181, 184, 206, 211, 219, 221; Buddha's remains at, 122, 178, 199 - [Previous: c19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.19) - [Next: c19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.21) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.20) · Pramāṇa