[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) › c7.328 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.328 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.328 - **Language:** English ### [c7.328](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.328) We now quote all the passages where \*samiti\* occurs independently of the \*sabhā\* in the \*Ṛg Veda\* and the \*Atharva Veda\*. It will be noted that in many of them the \*samiti\* and the \*rājās\* both occur in the same verse or that the word "nobles" occurs in almost all the hymns where the \*samiti\* is mentioned: - [Previous: c7.327](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.327) - [Next: c7.329](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.329) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.328](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.328) · Pramāṇa