HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Vish
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Jana
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Grama
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Gotra
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Detailed explanation-1: -A group of Jana formed a Rashtra.
Detailed explanation-2: -Muskan Anand. The term used to denote a group of families in the Vedic society was Jana.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the Vedic samhitas, the term jana denotes a tribe, whose members believed in a shared ancestry. The janas were headed by a king. The samiti was a common assembly of the jana members, and had the power to elect or dethrone the king. The sabha was a smaller assembly of wise elders, who advised the king.
Detailed explanation-4: -The group of all these families is called a community.
Detailed explanation-5: -The basic unit of the social structure was the ‘family’ Early Vedic society was patriarchal in which Grihyapati(master of the house) dominated in family and social life. Vish meant a clan and Jana meant the entire tribe.