________________ 230 Homage to Vaisali were however not called Rajas there. Among the Sanakanikas of central India the form of government was republic, but the head of the state bore the title of Raja and was probably a hereditary ruler. Since Kuma. radevi seems to have been the Licchavi princess, who was the heir to the Licchavi throne and the state, it appears that the beadship of the Liccbavi state bad by this time passed into a hereditary family. But since the Licchavi state is also indicated by the plural term Licchavayah on the coins of Candragupta I, the republican from of government proabably still continued, requiring the hereditary president to act according to the wishes of the Licchavi Assembly. The Licchavi state was amalgamated with the Gupta empire and Vaigali is known to have become the seat of a royal viceroy. What happened to the Licchavi state later on we do not know. On the dissolution of the Gupta empire the Licchavis do not seem to have risen again as an independent power, as they did after the dissolution of the Sunga and Kanva kingdoms.
