[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) › c19.31 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.31 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.31 - **Language:** English ### [c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.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 - [Previous: c19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.30) - [Next: c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.32) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.31) · Pramāṇa