[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) › c8.8 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c8.8 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c8.8 - **Language:** English ### [c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.8) is too late to be relied upon implicitly.¹ Turnour, in his "Analysis of the Parinibbāna Suttan", refers to them only as "Wajjis" and not as "Samvajjis."² He further says that "the Union of the Wajjian States is stated to have consisted of a confederation of chiefs or princes".³ This should not be taken to support Cunningham's thesis of the "eight clans" forming a confederation. - [Previous: c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.7) - [Next: c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.9) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāparinibbānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8.8) · Pramāṇa