[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) › c19.9 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.9 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.9 - **Language:** English ### [c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.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 - [Previous: c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.8) - [Next: c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.10) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19.9) · Pramāṇa