Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.5

c19.5

Bhargas, 228 Bhārgavas, 228 Bhargāyana, 228 *Bhāṣyakāra*. *See* Patañjali *Bhaviṣyata Purāṇa*, 158; on Piṅgalā, 155 *Bhikkhuṇīs*, 115 Bhīṣma, 56; on *gaṇa*, 110 Bhitari Inscription, on Licchavis, 86 Bhojakas, 198, 214 Bhṛgu, 65, 229 *Bhukti*, 81 Bicameral legislature, 12 Bihar, 145, 147 Bimbisāra, 92, 122, 142, 156, 165; choice of Vehella as successor, 127; Videhan queen of, 127 Bloomfield, M., on elective kingship, 19, 24; on *vidatha*, 69 Bodhi: Vaṁsa prince, 228, 230; as viceroy in Bhagga capital, 230-31 Boeotia, 28 Böhtlinck, O., on derivation of *jñāti*, 160 Book of Precedents, 120 *Boule*, 110; comparison with *sabhā*, 48; women in, 40 *Brahman*, 138, 145 Brāhmaṇas(class), 26, 50, 68, 100, 151, 158, 162; growing influence of, 54; political rights of, 112; role in Aryanization of Videha, 137 *Brāhmaṇas* (texts), 4, 60, 90, 140, 156; on Janaka's rule in Mithilā, 149; monarchy in, 5; — period, 61, 137, 147, 179; — practices, 120; on republican institutions, 61; on Sakyas, 202; — tradition, 153, 157; on *vidatha*, 63, 78, 79; — writers' attitude towards republics, 181, 239 Brāhmaṇas of Droṇagrāma, 248-49 Brāhmaṇas of Veṭhadīpa, 226, 248-49 Brahmaṇaspati, 63 Brāhmanism, 89; genuine home of, 140 *Brahmarṣis*, land of the, 136 Brahmāyu, 150, 151 *Brahmāyu Sutta*, 150 *Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad*, 56; on Janaka, 138 Britain, deriviaton of, 83 Britons, 11