[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) › c7.412 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.412 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.412 - **Language:** English ### [c7.412](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.412) In the later Vedic period, the \*Brāhmaṇa\* texts not only describe the rules and procedure of the sacrifice in minute detail, but also prescribe certain sacrifices like the \*rājasūya\*, \*vājapeya\*, \*aśvamedha\*, etc., by the performance of which a king was supposed to have attained the higher kingly position of an \*ekarāṭ\* or a \*samrāṭ\*, a \*sārvabhauma\* and even a \*cakravartin\*. Moreover, the Brāmaṇical literature clearly reveals the fact that monarchy was virtually the universal form of government during that period.¹ That some Aryan peoples were moving eastwards is evident from the story of Videgha Māthava, recorded in the \*Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa\*.² - [Previous: c7.411](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.411) - [Next: c7.413](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.413) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.412](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.412) · Pramāṇa