[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) › c7.311 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.311 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.311 - **Language:** English ### [c7.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.311) ³ Prof. N. G. Chapekar goes even further and says: "It is erroneous to attribute the sense of governing to this word as used in the \*Ṛg Veda\*. . . \*Rājan\* means; one that shines" and he concludes that "the \*rājās\* are primarily gods and secondarily all those who are participants in the sacrificial rites intended to propitiate the gods." p. (228); see \*JIH\*, 42, 1964, pt. I, pp. 219-28. - [Previous: c7.310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.310) - [Next: c7.312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.312) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.311) · Pramāṇa