[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) › c19.6 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.6 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.6 - **Language:** English ### [c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.6) Buddha, the, 1, 6, 59, 61, 81, 85, 96, 120, 121, 138, 155, 167, 172, 173, 176, 181, 183, 185, 196, 199, 205, 217, 218, 222, 225, 229, 230, 231, 234, 238; advice to Vassakāra, 126; approaching death of, 175, 176; arrival at Pāvā, 178; death of, 133, 150, 170, 177, 182, 184, 193; distribution of relics, 231; embers of, 222; funeral pyre of, 177; influence on political events, 205; influence on republicanism, 242; intervention between Sakyas and Viḍūḍabha, 195; intervention in Sakya-Koliyan feud, 189, 214; at Kesaputta, 219, 235; last journey of, 6, 172; meeting with Pasenadi, 185-86; mother of, 210, 215; on naming of Sakyas, 191; on nature of Vajjian republic, 107; relics of, 166, 170, 216. \*See also\* Relics of the Buddha; remains of, 178-79; on Sakyas and Kosalan relations, 183; sickness of, 174; wanderings of, 94, 129, 219 Buddhaghosa, 7, 92, 119, 121, 127, 139, 154, 197, 215, 232; on \*aṭṭhakulikas\*, 83; on etymology of Licchavi, 85; on historicity of Vajjian war, 130-31; on Koliyas, 209; on Licchavi assembly, 113; on Licchavi justice, 109, 120-21, 238; on Malla administration, 175; on origin of the Licchavis, 86, 93; on origin of war, 125-26; on republican peoples, 7; on Sakya-Koliyan relations, 210; on Vajjian procedure of justice, 116-17; on Vedehikā, 141 \*Buddhavamsa\*, 221, 222; on Bulis, 226 Buddhism, 218, 236 Buddhists, 161; communities, home of the oldest, 136; literature, 13, 181, on Bhaggas and Bodhi, 228, on Ceḍaga, 105, on Licchavis, 85, on \*Mahāsammata\*, 25, on names of republics, 61, reliability of, 4, 6, 7, republican clans in, 1, 218, republics in Sanskrit, 5, on Vajjis and Licchavis, 83, on Videhans, 139-40, 157; republics, compared with Vedic aristocracies, 242; revolution, 150; — \*saṅgha\*, 154, expression of approval in, 29, modelled on Licchavian \*saṅgha\*, 114, voting in, 201-02; tradition, 153, 211 Bulis of Allakappa, 147, 184, 225, 227, 230; assembly of, 227; relation with Koliyas, 227; share of in Buddha's relics, 218 Burrow, T., on etymology, 244 - [Previous: c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.5) - [Next: c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.7) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.6) · Pramāṇa