Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.264

c7.264

We have already suggested that in some non-monarchical tribal governments only the *sabhā* ruled and that it was a form of aristocracy. Here we shall attempt to show that there were some political communities which had no king, but had a *sabhā*, as discussed above, and also a *samiti* or a larger assembly which probably consisted of all the heads of families of the community.