[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) › c7.367 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.367 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.367 - **Language:** English ### [c7.367](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.367) 11. Unto truth, unto penance, and unto the deities, we deliver this deposit \[\*nidhi\*\], \[the\] treasure; let it not be lost in our playing dice, or in the assembly \[\*samiti\*\]; do not release it to another in preference to me.² What \[untruth\] thou shalt speak at the dice, . . . in the assembly \[\*samityām\*\], or what untruth . . . from desire of gain,—clothing thyself in the web of authority \[\*kṣatra-tantu\*\], ye shall settle in it all pollutions.³ - [Previous: c7.366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.366) - [Next: c7.368](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.368) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.12.3.46) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.367](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.367) · Pramāṇa