Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.282

c7.282

The occurrence of *sabhā* alone in this passage points to the independent existence of these two institutions and also shows that in the tribal governments where the *sabhā* and *samiti* both existed, the former was the principal body, but was assisted by the *samiti*. The fact that both verses occur also in the Kashmirian *Atharva Veda*² and the *Kauśika Sūtra* of the *Atharva Veda*³ increases the strength of the theory that both *sabhā* and *samiti* sometimes existed in the same tribe and thus supports our interpretation.