[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) › c7.153 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.153 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.153 - **Language:** English ### [c7.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.153) These tribes, like others in a similar situation in the ancient world and some contemporary tribes, prized physical strength and successful leadership in warfare as the highest virtue. According to Tacitus, this quality won the greatest admiration for a leader among the early Germans.¹ The Nuers of Sudan esteem courage as "the highest virtue and skill in fighting the most necessary accomplishment."² These examples can be multiplied from the early history of Greece and Rome and other tribes of that time. - [Previous: c7.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.152) - [Next: c7.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.154) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.153) · Pramāṇa