[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) › c7.258 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.258 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.258 - **Language:** English ### [c7.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.258) A verse in the \*Vājasaneyī Saṁhitā\* shows the manner in which a speaker addressed the \*sabhā\*: “I salute the councillors, I bow down to the president,”² while in another hymn of the same text a man performs a ceremony to obtain the pardon of the gods for the wrongs he has done “in the village, in the forest and in the \*sabhā\*.”³ This might suggest that at times wrong judgements were given in the \*sabhā\*, causing a feeling of guilt in the heart of a \*sabhāsad\* or “assessor.” - [Previous: c7.257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.257) - [Next: c7.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.259) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.258) · Pramāṇa