Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c6.s1.21

c6.s1.21

⁹ A sample statement will suffice to show Gautama's approach to the subject. "...there were republican states in early India also, in which administration was carried out for the public-good, by the people themselves. That government was not based on fear or punishment, but on love. Its authority was on the hearts [of the people] and not on [their] body, wealth and land..." (*ibid.*, p. 2).