Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.413
Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.413
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¹ *Cf.* Basham, *Wonder that was India*, pp. 42ff; *cp.* Landtman, *op. cit.* pp. 308-10: "Among the most primitive races tribal authority is exercised almost universally in the democratic form of a general council, while governments representing the monarchic principles are almost entirely absent among peoples usually relegated to the lowest." *Cf.* pp. 310-16.