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# Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c5: Abbreviations

Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c5

- **Language:** English

### Abbreviations

### [c5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c5.1)

| \*ABORI.\* | \*Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.\* |  
| \*Ācār. Sū.\* | \*Ācārāṅga Sūtra.\* |  
| \*Ait. Br.\* | \*Aitareya Brāhmaṇa.\* |  
| \*Aṅguttara.\* | \*Aṅguttara Nikāya.\* |  
| \*AV.\* | \*Atharva Veda.\* |  
| \*BDG.\* | \*Bengal District Gazetteer.\* |  
| \*Bhav. P.\* | \*Bhaviṣyata Purāṇa.\* |  
| \*Bṛ. Up.\* | \*Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.\* |  
| \*BRWW\* | \*Buddhist Records of the Western World.\* |  
| \*CAGIM.\* | Cunningham, \*Ancient Geography of India\*, Majumdar Sastri's edn. |  
| \*Car. Lecs.\* | Bhandarkar, \*Carmichael Lectures.\* |  
| \*Chān. Up.\* | \*Chāndogya Upaniṣad.\* |  
| \*CHI.\* | \*Cambridge History of India.\* |  
| \*CII.\* | \*Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum.\* |  
| \*CMH.\* | \*Cambridge Mediaeval History.\* |  
| \*Dhammapadaṭṭha.\* | Buddhaghosa, \*Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā.\* |  
| \*Dīgha.\* | \*Dīgha Nikāya.\* |  
| \*DPPN.\* | Malalasekera, \*Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names.\* |  
| \*Ep. Ind.\* | Hultzsch, \*Epigraphica Indica.\* |  
| \*Gītā.\* | \*Bhagavadgītā.\* |  
| \*HCIP.\* | R. C. Majumdar, \*et. al., History and Culture of Indian People.\* |  
| \*HGTB.\* | M. S. Pandey, \*Historical Geography and Topography of Bihar.\* |  
| HOS. | Harvard Oriental Series. |  
| \*IA.\* | \*Indian Antiquary.\* |  
| \*IHQ.\* | \*Indian Historical Quarterly.\* |  
| \*Jaim. Br.\* | \*Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa.\* |  
| JAOS. | \*Journal of American Oriental Society.\* |  
| JASB. | \*Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal.\* |  
| \*Jāt.\* | \*Jātaka.\* |  
| JBORS. | \*Journal of Bihar and Orissa Research Society.\* |  
| JBRS. | \*Journal of Bihar Research Society.\* |  
| JIH. | \*Journal of Indian History.\* |  
| JPTS. | \*Journal of the Pāli Text Society.\* |  
| JRAS. | \*Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.\* |  
| \*Kāṭh. Saṁ.\* | \*Kāṭhaka Saṁhitā.\* |  
| \*Kauśī. Ār.\* | \*Kauśītakī Āraṇyaka.\* |  
| \*Kauśī. Br.\* | \*Kauśītakī Brāhmaṇa.\* |  
| \*Kauśī. Up.\* | \*Kauśītakī Upaniṣad.\* |  
| \*KCBI.\* | Law, \*Kṣatriya Clans in Buddhist India.\* |  
| \*Lalita.\* | \*Lalitavistara.\* |  
| \*Mait. Saṁ.\* | \*Maitrāyaṇī Saṁhitā.\* |  
| \*Majjhima.\* | \*Majjhima Nikāya.\* |  
| \*Mbh.\* | \*Mahābhārata.\* |  
| \*MPS.\* | Waldschmidt, \*Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra.\* |

### [c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c5.2)

| \*OS Texts.\* | Muir, \*Original Sanskrit Texts.\* |  
| \*Pañcav. Br.\* | \*Pañcaviṁśa Brāhmaṇa.\* |  
| \*Pap. Sūd.\* | Buddhaghosa, \*Papañca-Sūdanī.\* |  
| \*Par. Dīp.\* | Dhammapāla, \*Paramattha-Dīpanī.\* |  
| \*Par. Jot.\* | Buddhaghosa, \*Paramattha-Jotikā.\* |  
| \*PHAI.\* | Raychaudhuri, \*Political History of Ancient India.\* |  
| PTS. | Pāli Text Society. |  
| \*Pur.\* | \*Purāṇa.\* |  
| \*ṚV.\* | \*Ṛg Veda.\* |  
| \*Sam. Pās.\* | Buddhaghosa, \*Samanta-Pāsādikā.\* |  
| \*Saṁyutta.\* | \*Saṁyutta Nikāya.\* |  
| \*Śāṅkh. Śt. Sūtra.\* | \*Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra.\* |  
| \*Sārattha.\* | Buddhaghosa, \*Sāratthappakāsinī.\* |  
| \*Śat. Br.\* | \*Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.\* |  
| SBB. | Sacred Books of Buddhists. |  
| SBE. | Sacred Books of the East. |  
| SBH. | Sacred Books of Hindus. |  
| \*SKTAI.\* | Law, \*Some Kṣatriya Tribes in Ancient India.\* |  
| \*Sū. Kṛtā.\* | \*Sūtra Kṛtāṅga.\* |  
| \*Sum. Vil.\* | \*Sumaṅgala-Vilāsinī\* of Buddhaghosa. |  
| \*Sutta.\* | \*Sutta Nipāta.\* |  
| \*TAI.\* | Law, \*Tribes in Ancient India.\* |  
| \*Tait. Ār.\* | \*Taittirīya Āraṇyaka.\* |  
| \*Tait. Br.\* | \*Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa.\* |  
| \*Tait. Saṁ.\* | \*Taittirīya Saṁhitā.\* |  
| \*Tib. Lebens.\* | Schiefner, \*Eine Tibetanische Lebensbeschreibung.\* |  
| TOS. | Trübner’s Oriental Series. |  
| \*Uttarā. Sū.\* | \*Uttarādhyayana Sūtra.\* |  
| \*Uvāsag.\* | \*Uvāsagadasāo.\* |  
| \*Vāj. Saṁ.\* | \*Vājasaneyī Saṁhitā.\* |  
| \*Vaṁsattha.\* | \*Vaṁsatthappakāsinī.\* |  
| \*Vinaya.\* | \*Vinaya Piṭaka.\* |  
| VVRI. | Viśveśvarānanda Vedic Research Institute. |

### [c5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c5.3)

\[Figure: MAP A Approximate Locations of the N. E. Republics\]

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