[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968) › c6.s2.31 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c6.s2.31 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c6.s2.31 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.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 - [Previous: c6.s2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c6.s2.30) - [Next: c6.s2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c6.s2.32) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c6.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c6.s2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c6.s2.31) · Pramāṇa