[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) › c7.18 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.18 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.18 - **Language:** English ### [c7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.18) There were cases in ancient Greece when the invading peoples established not monarchies, but aristocracies. In such conditions government was in the hands of a few of the conquerors, while other states were governed by oligarchies, consisting sometimes of as many as a thousand members, who deliberated on affairs, but delegated their authority in day-to-day administration to a small council.¹ It seems that some Aryan peoples, like the Greeks, established forms of aristocratic or oligarchic government in India while others formed what might, for want of a better term, be called "limited monarchies." - [Previous: c7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.17) - [Next: c7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.19) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.18) · Pramāṇa