[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) › c7.413 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c7.413](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.413) 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. - [Previous: c7.412](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.412) - [Next: c7.414](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.414) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.413](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.413) · Pramāṇa