[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) › c8.29 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c8.29 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c8.29 - **Language:** English ### [c8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.29) ¹ \*Kalpa Sūtra\*, p. 65; \*nava mallaī nava lecchaī kāsīkosalasya aṭṭhārasa vi gaṇa-rāyāṇo\*. Jacobi's text is used throughout, if not noted otherwise. - [Previous: c8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.28) - [Next: c8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.30) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kalpasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.1.kalpasutra) — Bhadrabāhu, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.29) · Pramāṇa