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place, the Śreniṇīs seem to have had some sort of

self-government and a corporate life.

(3) From other references, such as one in AS
Ś
VII. 1, the srenis (guilds) seem to have been

maintaining their own troops. These are the
troops referred to by the term Śrent-bala of the
sixfold diCf. "āyudhīyaprāyaśśreṇiprayo vision of army (i.e. Şadanga bala).
According to R. C. Maa me jumdar there were certain
such guilds, members whereof anapadah...."followed some
industrial arts and carried on military profession
at one and the same time".¹
 
(4) In the discussion on Sa mgha-republics, Kau-
tilya once again mentions the term Śreni. Cf.
kāmboja surāṣṭra-kṣatriya-śreṇvādayo vārtāśastro-
pajivinaḥ
etc. (AŚ XI. 1).
 
Here the term does not mean a guild. Here
Śrent is a proper name and it is the name of a
Samgha-republic. In the given quotation Kau-
tilya mentions four Samgha-republics and they
are the republics of the Kambojas, the Surāṣt-
ras, the Kṣatriyas and the Śreņīs. Kautilya fur-
ther informs that the citizens of these republics
followed industry and agriculture and fighting
as their profession. In the quoted passage
Ksatriya and Śreņī are mentioned as two repub-
lics side by side. In the records of the Macedon-
ian writers also we have reference to two neigh-
bouring states of Sind, viz. Xathroi and Agesi-
nae. The first of these two names corresponds
 
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9. Cf. "ayudhiyaprāyaśśreṇiprayo va me janapadah...."
etc. (AŚ. VII. 1).
 
1 These are the
troops referred to by the term Śreṇī-bala of the
sixfold division of army (i.e. Ṣaḍaṇga bala).
According to R. C. Majumdar there were certain
such guilds, members whereof "followed some
industrial arts and carried on military profession
at one and the same time". Corporate Life in Ancient India (1922), pp 30-31.
2
(4) In the discussion on Sa ṁgha-republics, Kau-
ṭilya once again mentions the term Śreṇī. Cf.
kāmboja surāṣṭra-kṣatriya-śreṇvādayo vārtāśastro-
pajīvinaḥ (AŚ XI. 1).
Here the term does not mean a guild. Here
Śreṇī is a proper name and it is the name of a
Saṁgha-republic. In the given quotation Kau-
ṭilya mentions four Saṁgha-republics and they
are the republics of the Kāmbojas, the Surāṣt-
ras, the Kṣatriyas and the Śreṇīs. Kauṭilya fur-
ther informs that the citizens of these republics
followed industry and agriculture and fighting
as their profession. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, pp. 51-53..
 
Digit In the quoted passage
Kṣatriya and Śreṇī are mentioned as two repub-
lics side by side. In the records of the Macedon-
ian writers also we have reference to two neigh-
bouring states of Sind, vized by
 
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UNIVERSI. Xathroi and Agesi-
nae. TY OF MICHIGAN
 
he first of these two names corresponds