Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.31

c19.31

Licchavis, 1, 7, 81, 82, 83, 84, 87, 95, 97, 103, 121, 140, 143, 151, 156, 157, 163, 165, 166, 167, 170, 174, 176, 178, 182, 184, 188, 202, 203, 208, 229, 241; administration of Videha, 149; age of, 170; ancestors of, 91; army of, 115, 164; assembly of, 98-115, classical analogies to, 102-03, election for, 106, 112, 114, nature of, 107-08, number in, 58, 98-103, 110, officers in, 114, power of, 115, *santhāgāra* of, 103, supreme rights of, 150, Videhan princes in, 149; chief *rājā* of, 105-07; chief's tenure, 107; compared with Spartans and Germans, 116;—council, 108, 109-10, 112-14, 120, meeting of, 110; —court, number in, 121; courtesan of, 104; customs of, 90; disappearance of, 239; frequency of name, 94-96, 246; feuds and war with Magadha, 92, 122-35; an Indo-European people, 238; in Jaina canon, 86; judicial procedure of, 109, 114, 116-21; —*Kumāras*, 103; leadership qualities of, 106-07; in *Mahāvastu*, 86; and Mahāvīra, 132; migration of, 91-92, 125, 149, 170; occupation of Mithilā by, 148-49; origin of, 61, 86-92; political organization of, 111-12; power of, 85, 166; presidents of, 108-9; in relation to Videha, 91-2, 147, 148-9; share of Buddha's relics, 95; survival of, 133-35; territory of, 98, 102-3, 144; *uparājās* of, 197