[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) › c7.519 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.519 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.519 - **Language:** English ### [c7.519](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.519) Moreover, the comparison of the "earliest known Greek, Roman and German popular assemblies" is not suitable because they were political institutions. A more approximate comparison of these popular assemblies would be with the Vedic \*samiti\*. Sharma admits that, unlike the \*sabhā\* and the \*samiti\*, there is "no direct evidence of its (the \*vidatha's\*) tribal character",² but he tries to show that "the association of the \*gaṇa\* with the \*vidatha\* may be taken as indirect evidence" of this.³ The term \*gaṇa\* here⁴ simply means a group of people, and not "tribal groups", as Sharma interprets it. - [Previous: c7.518](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.518) - [Next: c7.520](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.520) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.519](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.519) · Pramāṇa