Most Ancient Aryan Society

Author(s): Ram Chandra Jain
Publisher: Institute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan

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monarchical system. The Greeks gave away their farcical acceptance of republicanism which they had adopted due to local pressure. The office of Basileus was restored in a new form. Kingship became firmly transplanted in Greece with Philip and Alexander.
The republics of Wester Bhārata were completely routed by the Brahmāryan forces in Dāsrājña War. When they advanced towards east, they found great republics of Košala, Videh, Kasi and the Vajjians. The Brahmāryans also took to the farce of elective republican system. They probably had Divodāsa, Sudas and Paríkşita in that line but they soon abondoned the system. They could not implant success ful monarchies of their own in Bhārata due to the effective opposition of powerful Bhāratīya republics. They adopted the policy of penetration. They convered the republic of Videha to monarchy under Janaka which continued for a few dynasties to be replaced and absorbed by the Vajjian republican confederacy. The original republican system, even with changes due to the impact of Aryan tribal system, could not long persist. Ajātaśatru, the first Śramaņic monarch, gave them a death blow. Śramanic monarchy continued till Asoka. The Brahmaņa Puşyamitra was the first Brahmāryan king to establish monarchy Circa 150 B. C. He performed Aśvamedha. The penetrations and inter-penetration of Śramaņism and Tribalism into the fold of each other ended in establishment of Monarchy.
The Bharatiya parallel repeated itself in the Etruscan political revivalism in Etrusia, northern parts of Italy. The
Romanāryans had established their power in soucito Italy but they could not entrench themselves in Italy as strongly as the Greekāryans did in the Mainland, Greece and the Ægean. The original inhabitants of Greece, the Ægean and the adjacent Asiatic regions were dissatisfied
The Etruscans