CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Women could go to school and choose who they married.
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Grandparents, parents and children all lived together with the oldest man in charge.
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The untouchables decided how families should be.
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Family life in ancient India is just like family life in modern America.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Traditionally, the Indian family adhere to a patriarchal ideology, endorsing traditional gender role preferences, and abstains to the ‘joint family’ structure, where three or four generations including aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and grandparents will all live under one roof.
Detailed explanation-2: -The family was the basic unit of social organisation in ancient India. The family at that time was usually a joint family in which brothers, uncles, cousins, nephews, etc. lived under one roof as one group and were closely linked with each other. They even owned immovable property in-common.
Detailed explanation-3: -The nuclear family is considered the “traditional” family and consists of a mother, father, and the children. The two-parent nuclear family has become less prevalent, and alternative family forms such as, homosexual relationships, single-parent households, and adopting individuals are more common.