[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.s5.97 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c9.s5.97 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c9.s5.97 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s5.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.97) ¹ \*Arthaśāstra\*, p. 82. He speaks of "the liquids which ooze out from pits, caves, slopes or deep excavations of well-known mountains; which have the colour of the fruit of rose-apple (\*jambu\*), of mango, and of fan palm; which are as yellow as ripe turmeric, sulphurate of arsenic (\*hariṭāla\*), honeycomb, and vermilion, which are as resplendent as the petals of a lotus, or the feathers of a parrot or a peacock; which are adjacent to any mass of water or shrubs of similar colour; and which are greasy (\*cikkaṇa\*), transparent (\*visāda\*), and very heavy are ores of gold (\*kāñcanika\*)." He also mentions those ores "which are obtained from plains or slopes of mountains; which are either yellow or as red as copper or reddish yellow; which are disjoined and marked with blue lines; which have the colour of black beans (\*māśa\*), green beans (\*mudga\*), and sesamum; etc.." - [Previous: c9.s5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.96) - [Next: c9.s5.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.98) - [Up: c9.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s5.97) · Pramāṇa