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# Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C.

Vedic assemblies and the gaṇa-saṅgha republics (Vṛjis, Mallas, Śākyas etc.): constitutions, assemblies, procedure, from Vedic, Pāli, Jain and Greek sources.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [J. P. Sharma](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sharma-jp)
- **Extent:** 2,456 passages, 104,379 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · E. J. Brill, Leiden 1968; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8 Flash · In copyright (J. P. Sharma); freely available on academia.edu, archive.org — shown with credit and a link to…

## Contents

- [c1 Republics in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c1) — 15 parts
- [c2 Table of Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c2) — 18 parts
- [c3 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c3) — 5 parts
- [c4 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c4) — 5 parts
- [c5 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c5) — 3 parts
- [c6 Chapter One: Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c6) — 2 parts
- [c7 Chapter Two: Non-Monarchical Governments in Vedic India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) — 583 parts
- [c8 Chapter Three: The Vajjian Confederacy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c8) — 36 parts
- [c9 Chapter Four: The Licchavis](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9) — 8 parts
- [c10 Chapter Five: The Videhas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c10) — 7 parts
- [c11 Chapter Six](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11) — 78 parts
- [c12 Chapter Seven: The Mallas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c12) — 4 parts
- [c13 Chapter Eight](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13) — 6 parts
- [c14 Chapter Nine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c14) — 107 parts
- [c15 Chapter Ten: Lesser-Known Republics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c15) — 12 parts
- [c16 Chapter Eleven: Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c16) — 23 parts
- [c17 Appendices](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c17) — 5 parts
- [c18 Bibliography of Works Cited in the Text](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c18) — 2 parts
- [c19 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c19) — 145 parts

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