[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) › c7.581 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.581 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.581 - **Language:** English ### [c7.581](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.581) Thus the Vedic literature provides no valid evidence for the \*vidatha's\* tribal character or its political connotation. The \*sabhā\* and \*samiti\* are generally recognized as political institutions, and, according to our findings, the \*viś\* was also, in its constitutional aspect, a Vedic assembly. This surely leaves little scope for any more political assemblies existing among the simple farming and cattle-breeding communities of the Vedic Aryans. By comparing the Vedic \*gaṇa\* with the Roman assemblies, Professor Sharma implies that the \*gaṇa\* was also the same kind of assembly, thus making a total of five assemblies operating during the Vedic period. This, as already stated, was not the case. - [Previous: c7.580](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.580) - [Next: c7.582](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.582) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.581](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.581) · Pramāṇa