Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c6.s2.31

c6.s2.31

Professor K. P. Mukerji argued that “the Indian *gaṇarājyas* were republics in no worse sense than that in which the much vaunted democracies of Greece were republics, because in both sovereign power was vested in a large central assembly.”² Professor Mukerji’s remark is too superficial and tends to underestimate the marvelous achievements of the Greeks in democracy.³