[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.s5.68 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c9.s5.68 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c9.s5.68 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.68) Further light on the war comes from the \*Bhagavatī Sūtra\*.¹ Two battles are said to have been fought, called \*Mahāsilākaṇṭaë\* and \*Rahamusale\* respectively. Kūṇiya is said to have gone out to the \*Mahāsilākaṇṭaë\* battle only after the engagement had commenced and when he had heard that the fortunes of his armies were declining. Ceḍaga, a mighty archer, shot Kūṇiya's ten brothers on ten successive days. His success seemed assured until, on the eleventh day, the god Indra presented Kūṇiya with a great war-engine which struck down the Licchavis with big stones. At the \*Rahamusala\* battle, Ceḍaga was again defeated in similar circumstances, after Kūṇiya had received a wonderful chariot armed with a great club from Camara, the Indra of the Asuras. - [Previous: c9.s5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.67) - [Next: c9.s5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.69) - [Up: c9.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Viyāhapannatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5) — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.68) · Pramāṇa