Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c6.s1.17

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Professor A. S. Altekar's book gives a fuller and less biased account of the republics,⁶ and his treatment of the subject appears to be the best amongst Indian historians. Dr. B. C. Law also took up the study of the tribes in ancient India,⁷ but his accounts are of a general nature and they have little that is new or significant to add pertaining to the political institutions of the republican states. The next contribution to the study of republics was a Hindi booklet by Bhagiratha Dube Gautama;⁸ this work is of such a low academic standard that it deserves no detailed criticism.⁹