[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) › c7.60 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.60 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.60 - **Language:** English ### [c7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.60) Apart from the passages quoted above, there are at least two hymns in the \*Atharva Veda\* which have been taken to indicate that kings were sometimes banished from their realms and afterwards recalled to be reelected and installed in their previous position: - [Previous: c7.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.59) - [Next: c7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.61) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.60) · Pramāṇa