A Study in the Economic Condition of Ancient India c3.4

c3.4

In Chapter VI, I have sought to show what were the actual position and powers of the aristocratic classes and their relations with the rulers of their countries; and, if the interpretation of certain terms therein suggested be accepted, it will be seen that the social and administrative organization in ancient India was similar in more respects than one to the feudal system of mediaeval Europe, and resembled that in old Rajputana as described by Tod, and that of the Chamba State as recorded by Dr. Vogel. In Chapter V, I have tried to frame from the only data that seem to afford a possible clue a rough estimate of the total population of the eighty-four countries (*deśa*) comprised in ancient India.