[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) › c7.502 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.502 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.502 - **Language:** English ### [c7.502](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.502) In recent years Professor R. S. Sharma has strongly pleaded the case for the \*vidatha\*, following the pattern of Jayaswal.² In his opinion also, “the \*vidatha\* was the earliest folk-assembly of the Indo-Āryans attended both by men and women, performing all kinds of functions, economic, military, religious and social.”³ This view, like the earlier ones, needs careful scrutiny, and we shall first examine his arguments one by one. - [Previous: c7.501](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.501) - [Next: c7.503](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.503) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.502](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.502) · Pramāṇa