Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.290

c7.290

This hymn, like the one quoted before it, does not mention a king. The *sabhā*, *samiti*, and *senā* are mentioned, but the king does not figure in these contexts. This evidence indicates that no kings existed in those political communities where the *sabhā* and the *samiti* jointly administered the public business. These forms of tribal governments were more positively republican than the previous ones.