Tracing Changes Through A Thousand Years — Social Studies STD 7 — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7Social StudiesTracing Changes Through A Thousand Years5 Marks
Question
How were the affairs of jatis regulated?
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Answer
Affairs of jatis were regulated in the following ways:
As society became more differentiated, people were grouped into jatis or sub-castes and ranked on the basis of their backgrounds and their occupations.
Ranks were not fixed permanently, and varied according to the power, influence and resources controlled by members of the jati. The status of the same jati could vary from area to area.
Jatis framed their own rules and regulations to manage the conduct of their members. These regulations were enforced by an assembly of elders, described in some areas as the jati panchayat. But jatis were also required to follow the rules of their villages.
Several villages were governed by a chieftain. Together they were only one small unit of a state.
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