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kamboja

kamboja close located to

Camoje' whose names remind us of the kambojas. A part from Rajapura, there are evidence of another city called Namdinagara situated in the Kamboja territory.^[1]

Mahabharata

In Mahabharata, the Kambojas are represented as living under a monarchial system and mentions Chsndravarman and Sudakshina as kings. In later times the monarchy gave place to a samgha from of government. The Arthashastra calls them vara-shastropajivin samgha i.e., a confederation of agriculture, herdsmen, traders and warriors. Corporations of Kambojas(Kamjobagana) also find mention in the Mahabharata.

Monarchies and Republics

At the time of the

vedic assemblies were retained in the gana-rajyas whereas they gave way to the rise of bureaucracy as well as the growth in the power of the brahmanas. Some of the tribal republics

changed over to monarchies whereas kamboja changed from monarchy to a republic.

During the later

vajapeya

etc.