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First Republic of The world
If some asks you that tell me the name of the first country who got republic ? What will be your answer obviously you will say USA as USA is the first country in the world who has written constitution.
@Prithviraj1008 @priyasa24 @BAKARJERRY777
& if you asked this question than I will say no. The correct answer is Vaishali – World’s First Republic . Now its time to decode it . So lets started :
In 6th Century BC, Northern India saw the emergence of sixteen large kingdoms known as "Mahajanapadas".
@PiousPrabhakar
It all began when the tribes (janas) of the late Vedic period decided to form their own territorial communities, which eventually gave rise to new and permanent areas of settlements called 'states' or 'janapadas.' While most of these Mahajanapadas had
@pranavmahajan @rahulpassi
monarchial form of government, Vajji Kingdom with its capital at Vaishali, was a Republic and had an elected ruler!. Vajji was a confederacy of eight clans of which Lichchavis, Jnantrikras and Videhas were most powerful.
@The_BornFighter @Praveen84822453 @TheOrdinaryCit3
Vaishali, considered to be World’s First Republic is situated in the district with same name, north of river Ganges, in Bihar state of India. Vaishali derives its name from King Vaishalik whose heroic deeds are narrated in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
@VertigoWarrior @vernaculartube
An ancient metropolis, the capital of the Republic of the Vaishali state and the capital of the Vajjian Confederacy (Vajji), Vaishali is prominently mentioned in Jain and Buddhist texts which emerged later. Based on the information found in these texts,
@shivkatyayni777 @PinkiBl0
Vaishali was established as a republic with an elected assembly of representatives by the 6th century BC, under the rule of Licchavis clan. It was distinct in the sense that though it was ruled by an oligarchy of noble families, there was no place for a hereditary monarchy.
The republic had a city assembly with 7,707 elected city representatives all of them who came from noble families.
To the north of the city is located Raja Vishal Ka Garh, a huge mound with a seating capacity of 700 people.
@INstatesmanship @urdhwareta @Pushpen32565228
It is believed to be the ancient parliament house where representatives of the federal assembly gathered to legislate and discuss the problems of the day. It is a huge mound with a circumference about one kilometer and walls nearly 2 m high with a 43m wide moat around them.
There is also a Coronation tank called Abhiskek Pushkarn. It is believed that all elected representatives were anointed here before they swear-in as members of assembly.
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Vaishali has been considered by ancient Indian historians to be part of India’s second urban revolution. The first took place in the 3rd millennium BC in the cities of Mohenjo-daro, Harappa along the banks of the Indus river in western India,
@sambhashan_in @Anshulspiritual
which stretched through to urban habitations like Dholavira in Gujarat. The second urban efflorescence in eastern India, however, carries a much clearer stamp of a long-term revolution in politics, religion, economy and culture of India.
@pallavityagi27 @SanyalSayantika @arani7
Jagdish Prasad Sharma author of “Vaishali The World’s First Republic”, explains how the representatives were the effective government and whatever decisions they took it was in accordance with the wishes of the assembly. The government
@SriRamya21 @jhoola7 @venus_martian99
was fully authorised by the constitution to act freely and independently, provided it remained accountable to the assembly. The city was also an important point as Buddha traversed the area preaching his new-found Middle Path.
@Muuflis @Poinnt_Blankk @activistshashi @Kajalup
It was in Vaishali that he delivered a sermon for the last time before he went to Kushinagara where he died, or as Buddhists believe attained Mahaparinirvana. In third century BC, the Great Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, erected an Ashoka Pillar here, to commemorate this.
@ShrutheeMS
It is18.3 m high and made up of highly polished single piece of red sandstone. A figure of lion is placed on the top of pillar. There is a brick stupa and a small tank around it.
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The Ashokan pillar of Vaishali was also the center of the 2nd Buddhist Council congregation, held after 100 years of Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana. Two stupas containing ashes of Gautham Buddha and his cousin and monk Ananda were erected at Vaishali to commemorate this event.
@AxiJ5
Vaishali was also closely connected with Lord Mahavir of Jainism, who was born at Kundagram on the outskirts of Vaishali in 599 BC. Ajatshatru, the great monarch of Magadha, @Disham_90 @EMulhid @I_M_Shreya @GoofyOlives @AM_World1 @sanj9 @SoniUpadhyaya
@smita_muk @Shalushal2602
annexed Vaishali in the 5th century BC and after that Vaishali gradually lost its glory and power.
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