[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) › c19.5 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.5 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.5 - **Language:** English ### [c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.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 - [Previous: c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.4) - [Next: c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.6) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.5) · Pramāṇa