Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c6.s1.34

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In this monograph we have further attempted, by an examination of the better-known sources and by the use of material derived from sources hitherto untapped in this connection, to provide a more detailed and thorough study of the republican institutions of the Vedic aristocracies. We have included our findings on the name and etymology, origin and location, government and organization, judicial procedure, foreign relations and political history of each republican state that flourished at the time of the Buddha and Mahāvīra.