[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) › c9.s5.149 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c9.s5.149 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c9.s5.149 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s5.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.149) A tradition remembered by both Theravāda and Mahāyāna sources shows that Ajātasattu was not able to subdue the Vajjians, even during the last days of the \*Thera\* Ānanda’s life. The latter thought, “If I should die here \[in the Bamboo grove\], King Ajātaśatru and the Vṛjians being on bad terms with each other, the Licchavis of Vaiśālī would not get a portion of \[my\] relics. If I should pass away in Vaiśālī, they would not relinquish \[a portion to Ajātaśatru\]. I will pass away in the middle of the Ganges river.”³ And it is in the middle of the Ganges that Ānanda is recorded to have died. - [Previous: c9.s5.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.148) - [Next: c9.s5.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.150) - [Up: c9.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.149) · Pramāṇa