[2] The Bhaggas were dependencies of the kingdom of Vatsa, and therefore did not have sovereign rights concerning their external affairs and foreign policy although they were internally still organised as a republic.

[1] The Bhaggas had already been assimilated into Vatsa under the rule of the latter's king Udayana, and they were annexed by that kingdom under his successor around the time of the Buddha's death.

[1] The Bhaggas were not among peoples who claimed a share of the Buddha's relics because they had stopped existing as an independent polity by the time of his death.

[1] Like the other gaṇasaṅgha, the ruling body of the Bhagga republic was an Assembly of the kṣatriya elders who held the title of rājās (meaning "chiefs").

[1] The Bhagga Assembly elected a consul rājā who presided over it and administered the republic with the help of the Council.