Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.9

c19.9

Democracy: in Athens, 11, 12; conditions of, 16; in Rome, 11; spirit of, 238, 241 Deokali, 211, 213 Devadaha, 185, 213; a Koliyan town, 208-09 Devadatta, 189 Dhammā, Aśoka's mother, 223 *Dhamma-Cetiya Sutta*, reliability of, 185-86 *Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā*, on *Allakappaṭṭha* and Bulis, 225, 226, 227, 230 Dhanānanda Nanda, 223 *Dhanus*, 55 *Dharma*, 41, 139, 239 *Dharmaśāstra* literature, 139 *Dhonasākha Jātaka*, 230 Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 87 Dhūmragotra Brāhmaṇas, 227, 248-49 Dice playing, in *sabhā*, 41 Digambaras, 161 Dīgha Kārāyaṇa, 180, 185 *Dīgha Nikāya*, 172, 191, 192, 195, 196, 220, 221; authenticity of, 188; on Bulis, 225, 226, 227; on Mithilā, 151; on procedure, 199-200; on territory of confederacy, 96-97; on Sakya, 190 *Dīpavaṁsa*, 223 Divine kingship, power and prestige of, 62 *Divyāvadāna*, on Licchavis, 85, 86 Dorian states, 28 Dravidians, 89 Droṇagrāma, settlement at, 227, 248-49 Duĭpalāsa, 162 *Dulva* (Tibetan), 104 Dum-bu, 112, 156. *See* Sakala Dutthagāmini, 212 Dyaus, 64