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This article discusses forms of government in ancient India based on evidence from Vedic texts. It argues that during the early Vedic period, settlements were governed by assemblies of people called Samitis. There was no hereditary monarchy. Later, during times of war, an elected leader called variously an Adhiraja, Samraj or Svaraj would head the Ksatriya or warrior class. The article analyzes a story from the Puranas about Nahusa to argue elective rather than hereditary monarchy was prevalent during that

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