[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) › c7.579 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.579 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.579 - **Language:** English ### [c7.579](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.579) There is yet another context in which the social aspect of the \*vidatha\* is revealed. In a long Ṛg Vedic hymn the \*vidatha\* is connected with the welcoming of a bride, and an Atharvan hymn also mentions the \*vidatha\* in the same context.² Here the \*vidatha\* can hardly mean more than a mere gathering of kith and kin who have come to attend the wedding ceremony which was, as it is today, a socio-religious rite. - [Previous: c7.578](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.578) - [Next: c7.580](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.580) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.579](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.579) · Pramāṇa