[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) › c7.126 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.126 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.126 - **Language:** English ### [c7.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.126) A special form of aristocracy, in which also the ruling class owned the best land of the state, was that arising from the conquest of one race by another invading race. . . . The conquerors as a whole constitute a class superior to the conquered, of whom some are reduced to serfdom, while others occupy a more favourable position. This special division of classes is typical of the aristocracy of conquest. We find this aristo- - [Previous: c7.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.125) - [Next: c7.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.127) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.126) · Pramāṇa