Republics in Question: Rethinking the Governance of Ganas and Sangas.

Author(s)	Mr. VINAY DABORIA, Dr. Tanni Moitra
Country	India
Abstract	Ancient Indian Texts recognized the difference between political structure and the governance of Rajas and Ganas or Sanga. Rajya has been described in this text as a political state with a monarchical government. Rajay’s have often been popularised in ancient texts and often preferred over Ganas and Sanga’s for several reasons. Ganas and Sanga, on the other hand, have been seen as opposite to monarchy. After the 1970s, many works were produced in the academic circle on the governance of Rajay Ganas and Sanga. Majorly, this work focuses on to setup the narratives that Ganas and Sanga were republican states of ancient India. They supported their argument by mentioning the fact that in Ganas and Sanga’s the subjects had the power to choose the ruler
Keywords	Ganas and Sanga’s, Rajay’s, Republican, kshatriya, political structure
Field	Arts
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On	2025-06-28
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.45517
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9rnx6

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