[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.s5.39 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c9.s5.39 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c9.s5.39 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.39) It is obvious from the Jaina sources that the Licchavis were on good terms with the Mallas and the tribal peoples of Kāsi and Kosala.⁴ These four are always referred to as a group in the Prākrit texts. As we have already suggested,⁵ this shows that the Licchavis actually did form a League together with these and other peoples to face common danger during troubled periods. The \*Majjhima Nikāya\* also attests to the friendly relations existing between the Kosala king Pasenadi and the Licchavis. The former, talking to the Buddha, speaks of the latter as being his friends.⁶ But there were occasional disputes and quarrels among these republics. Bandhula,¹ the Mallian general of the Kosalan kingdom, consented to fulfil his wife's desire to have a bath in the consecration tank of Vesālī which was forbidden to those who were not Licchavian \*rājās\*. The Licchavian kings attempted to deter him, despite Mahāli's advice to the contrary. It seems that in the end the general got the better of his Licchavian opponents. - [Previous: c9.s5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.38) - [Next: c9.s5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.40) - [Up: c9.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5) ## Cites (4) - [Jātakatthavaṇṇanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana*cst.12.2.p6) — Pāli - [Kalpasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.1.kalpasutra) — Bhadrabāhu, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit - [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) — Pāli - [Nirayāvaliyāo](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.upanga.8) — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.39) · Pramāṇa