[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) › c7.401 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.401 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.401 - **Language:** English ### [c7.401](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.401) The practice of all the ruling nobles being called \*rājās\* appears to have left its trace in the tradition preserved in the preambles of some \*Jātakas\* that all the 7, 707 members of the Licchavian Assembly were called \*rājās\*.⁷ Yet later evidence shows that in the Kingdom of Tong-Li (to be placed in southeast Rājasthān) "the chiefs gave themselves the title of \*rājā\*." ⁸ - [Previous: c7.400](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.400) - [Next: c7.402](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.402) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.401](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.401) · Pramāṇa