Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.7

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Cabinet, 12 *Caitya* (*Ceïya*), 162, 167 *Cakravartin*, 61 *Camara*, 125 *Cambridge History of India*, 188 Campā, 91, 124, 127 Camparan District, 174, 225 Cāṇakka, 223. *See also Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya* *Cāṇḍālas*, 158 Candra, 77 Candra Gupta I, 134, 239 Candragupta Maurya, 86, 217; ancestry of, 223; Moriya connexion of, 223 Caste, in *RV*, 31 Cātuma, 185, 199 Ceḍaga, 105-06, 165, 177, 180; committed suicide, 125; vs. Kūṇiya, 125 Ceḍagarāya, 108 Ceylon (Laṅkā), 212, 224; historical sense in, 6 Ceylonese tradition, on relics of Buddha, 212 Chancellor of exchequer, 12 Chaṇḍa, 113 *Chāndogya Upaniṣad*, 34, 56 Chattis, 241 Chaudhuri, S.B., on number of Vajjian confederates, 82 Chaudi and Suebi confederacy, 241 Chiefs: in primitive peoples, 107; as judges, 154; — of ruling college, duration of office, 55; — *rājā*, 114, in Licchavian procedure of justice, 120; selection of, 17 China, derivation of, 83 Chinese: pilgrims, 174; sources on Licchavis, 85 Cicero, 6 *Citta*, 21 *Cīvaravastu*, 104, 122; on Bimbisāra's affair with Ambapālī, 123; on Khaṇḍa, 111-12; on *senāpati*, 107 Civil wars, in Rome, 107 Clans, 114; as *gaṇa* and *saṅgha*, 9 Classical historians, 238; on republics and aristocracies, 13, 240 Cleisthenes, 102 Cnidus, 112 Coins, 13 College of nobles: head of, 53-55; succession to, 53 *Comitia*: comparison with *sabhā-samiti* government, 47-48; religious rites in, 78 *Comitia Centuriata*, 71; function of, 73; preference for propertied classes, 12n 3; role of wealth in Roman, 37 Confederation: army of, 115; break up of, 126-27; destruction of, 95; harrassment of, 177 Confederation of Vajjian League, 84. *See* Vajjian confederacy Council, 114; assisting king, 32; elections in, 114; as *gaṇa*, 9-10; number of, 32. *See Sabhā* Courtesans, in Videha, 154-55 Cowell, E.B., 214 Cremation, 55 Crete, 28 *Cūla-Gopālaka Sutta*, on Videha, 150 *Cūla-Saccaka Sutta*: on confederations, 97; on Licchavis, 96 *Cullakāliṅga Jātaka*, on Licchavian *gaṇa*, 99 Cullapitu, 129 *Cullavagga*, 202 Cunningham, A., 81, 82, 193, 211, 212, 213, 221; on geographical location of Sakyas, 194; on Hsüan Tsang, 97; on Kusinārā, 174; on Pāvā, 174 *Curia*, 103