[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) › c7.2 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.2 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.2 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.2) Though monarchy was the usual form of government in Vedic India, there can be no doubt that there were some non-monarchical or aristocratic governments as well. A persistent and false tendency is noticeable in the attention which Jayaswal,¹ Majumdar,² Altekar,³ Shama Sastri ⁴ and others ⁵ have given to the \*sabhā\*, the \*samiti\* and the role that the people, or rather the heads of the families, played in "electing" one of their fellow men to the kingship or chieftaincy of the tribe.⁶ - [Previous: c6.s2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c6.s2.56) - [Next: c7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.3) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.2) · Pramāṇa