Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c8.36

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Apart from these tribes, we have no evidence that other republics were included in the Vajjian Confederation, but the Jaina formula can be interpreted to prove that some Kāsi-Kosalans were also connected with the Vajjian Confederacy. It is not improbable that some Kāsi-Kosalan chiefs threw in their lot with the Confederacy after Viḍūḍabha came to power, but their association would not have lasted long, as Ajātasattu soon destroyed the Confederacy itself.⁷