[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) › c7.282 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.282 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.282 - **Language:** English ### [c7.282](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.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. - [Previous: c7.281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.281) - [Next: c7.283](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.283) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.282](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.282) · Pramāṇa