[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) › c7.265 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.265 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.265 - **Language:** English ### [c7.265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.265) The fact that the \*samiti\* appears chiefly in the tenth \*maṇḍala\* of the \*Ṛg Veda\* is of great importance. In our opinion it supports the late origin of the \*samiti\*, and this time factor is of considerable importance in the study of the development and inter-relations of political institutions. We further suggest that the \*samiti\* developed into an independent political institution, distinct from the archaic Vedic \*viś\* which chose the king, on almost similar lines as the evolution of the earlier Roman \*patres-familias\* into the Senate during the republican period; and as the Homeric \*gerousia\* changed into the Athenian \*ecclesia\*.¹ - [Previous: c7.264](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.264) - [Next: c7.266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.266) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.265) · Pramāṇa