[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) › c7.307 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.307 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.307 - **Language:** English ### [c7.307](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.307) Another variety of non-monarchical government found during the Vedic period is one in which the nobles (\*rājās\*) appear to have been the leaders of the political community, and to have ruled in collaboration with the \*samiti\*. Our main grounds for this assertion are the references to the \*samiti\* and the kings meeting in the \*samiti\* in some Ṛg Vedic hymns,¹ the references to "kings" or rather "nobles" in the \*Ṛg Veda\*, \*Atharva Veda\* and some other sources, and the mention of the \*samiti\* in the \*Atharva Veda\* where the \*sabhā\* does not figure with it.² - [Previous: c7.306](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.306) - [Next: c7.308](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.308) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.307](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.307) · Pramāṇa