Editing Elective monarchy (section)

====Afghanistan====
{{Further|Loya Jirga}}
In [[Afghanistan]], {{lang|ps-Latn|loya}} jirgas have been reportedly organized since at least the early 18th century when the [[Hotak dynasty|Hotaki]] and [[Durrani dynasty|Durrani]] dynasties rose to power.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/opinion/11krakauer.html?scp=8&sq=jon%20krakauer&st=cse |title=To Save Afghanistan, Look to Its Past |author=Jon Krakauer |newspaper=New York Times |date=September 11, 2009 |access-date=2014-10-29 |archive-date=2021-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508182434/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/opinion/11krakauer.html?scp=8&sq=jon%20krakauer&st=cse |url-status=live }}</ref>
The ancient [[Aryan]] tribes, who are hypothesized to have spoken [[Proto-Indo-Iranian language|Proto-Indo-Iranian]], came down in intermittent waves from [[Central Asia]] and Afghanistan which is a common myth. They practiced a sort of jirga system with two types of councils – ''{{transliteration|ps|simite}}'' and ''{{transliteration|ps|sabhā}}''. The ''{{transliteration|ps|simite}}'' (summit) comprised elders and tribal chiefs. The king also joined sessions of the ''{{transliteration|ps|simite}}''. {{transliteration|ps|Sabhā}} was a sort of rural council. In India they are referred to as ''Samiti'' and ''Sabha''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}