Mentor’s Comments- Introduce by defining democracy as a system of debate and discussion. In the next part, elaborate on various institutes of democracy of ancient times such as Sabha, Samiti, republics of Buddhist period, Chola village assemblies etc. Follow it with elaboration of democratic traditions which were not a part of ancient India such as … Continue reading Q.1 Although a bit different from modern democracy, democratic traditions have been a part of ancient Indian culture establishing the view that India is not just the world’s largest democracy, but also the “mother of democracy”. Discuss. (10 Marks)