[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) › c7.14 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.14 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.14 - **Language:** English ### [c7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.14) ³ ^3 \*Cp.\* John Beattie’s remark on the Nyoro chief: “A ruler—at least in the conditions of a tribal African kingdom—cannot keep all his power to himself, but must give some of it away; this is one of the major limitations on political authority” (\*Bunyoro, an African Kingdom\*, p. 28); \*cf.\*, Lucy Mair, \*op. cit.\*, pp. 139ff. - [Previous: c7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.13) - [Next: c7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.15) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.14) · Pramāṇa