[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) › c8.36 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c8.36 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c8.36 - **Language:** English ### [c8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.36) 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 - [Previous: c8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.35) - [Next: c8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.37) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.36) · Pramāṇa