Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.424

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The study of the proceeding chapters will show how the republics of the Buddhist period were a development from the Vedic aristocracies. In this research we have been greatly aided by the fact that there are more details about the geographical location of the former, their administration and judicial procedure and their relations with neighbouring states than have come down to us regarding the earlier Vedic aristocracies.