Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c6.s2.39
Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c6.s2.39
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c6.s2.39
The works of nationalist historians contain constitutional terms like parliament, bicameral legislature, popular democracy, proportional representation, executive, cabinet, popular assembly, prime minister, portfolios, chancellor of the exchequer, etc.⁴ These are a few of the inaccurate and annoying terms frequently employed by noted historians to describe the political institutions of the "Hindu period." Our investigations suggest that none of these terms can be applicable even to the most successful experiments of democracy carried out in Athens,⁵ far less to the Indian, Roman or German republics.