[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) › c19.2 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.2 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.2 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.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 - [Previous: c19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.1) - [Next: c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.3) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.2) · Pramāṇa