[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) › c19.7 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.7 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.7 - **Language:** English ### [c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.7) 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 - [Previous: c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.6) - [Next: c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.8) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.7) · Pramāṇa