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place, the Śrenis seem to have had some sort of
self-government and a corporate life.
(3) From other references, such as one in AS
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 division of army (i.e. Şadanga 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".¹
(4) In the discussion on Sa mgha-republics, Kau-
tilya once again mentions the term Śreni. Cf.
kāmboja surāṣṭra-kṣatriya-śreṇvādayo vārtāśastro-
pajivinaḥ (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
163
9. Cf. "ayudhiyaprāyaśśreṇiprayo va me janapadah...."
etc. (AŚ. VII. 1).
1. Corporate Life in Ancient India (1922), pp 30-31.
2. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, pp. 51-53..
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place, the Śrenis seem to have had some sort of
self-government and a corporate life.
(3) From other references, such as one in AS
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 division of army (i.e. Şadanga 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".¹
(4) In the discussion on Sa mgha-republics, Kau-
tilya once again mentions the term Śreni. Cf.
kāmboja surāṣṭra-kṣatriya-śreṇvādayo vārtāśastro-
pajivinaḥ (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
163
9. Cf. "ayudhiyaprāyaśśreṇiprayo va me janapadah...."
etc. (AŚ. VII. 1).
1. Corporate Life in Ancient India (1922), pp 30-31.
2. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, pp. 51-53..
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN