[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) › c7.314 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.314 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.314 - **Language:** English ### [c7.314](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.314) This type was also different from the \*sabhā\*-ruled aristocracies in the sense that it had no \*sabhā\* and the college of nobles constituted the council. The \*sabhā\*-ruled government contained mainly aristocratic-oligarchic elements, whereas this variety had both aristocratic and democratic or popular institutions; the council of nobles formed the aristocratic element and the \*samiti\* the democratic. The \*samiti\* was common to both the present variety and the \*sabhā\*-\*samiti\* republics, but it would seem that its role in the former was more important. The "nobles" of this type of government must have played more or less the role of the \*sabhā\*, but probably the college of nobles was smaller in size than the \*sabhā\*. - [Previous: c7.313](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.313) - [Next: c7.315](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.315) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.314](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.314) · Pramāṇa