INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Kingship was hereditary. But there was a sort of hierarchy in some states, several members of the royal family exercising the power in common. There were references of democratic form of government and their chiefs were elected by the assembled people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The monarchical system was adopted in the Vedic period. The head of the government was the king and a king or queen rules a kingdom or empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Political Life of Rig Vedic Aryans The early Rig Vedic society was a semi-nomadic tribal society with a pastoral economy. The tribe was called Jana and the tribal chief was called Rajan, Gopati or Gopa (protector of cows) and the chief queen was called Mahisi.

Detailed explanation-4: -During Rig-Vedic era, the basic unit of power lied within a patriarchal family (Kula). The head of the family was a Kulapa. A group of such families called grama, which was controlled by a village headman Gramini. The groups of the villages belonged to a clan (Vis) and many clans made a community called Jana.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rule by elders Was this answer helpful?