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Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.404

Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.404

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c7.404

Such, in short, is the picture of the nobles-*samiti* government arrived at from the study of the Vedic literature. The picture is lamentably vague and the study of some parallel institutions in other parts of the ancient world might assist in clarifying our understanding of institutions of the college of nobles and the *samiti*.