Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c47.s1.6
Indische Paläographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c47.s1.6
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c47.s1.6
§ 17. It appears, then, that at the comparatively advanced stage of progress which the Vedic Āryas had attained by the time represented in even the earliest invocations of the collection, the community was organised into clans, or groups of related families which, in turn, were collected into tribes, to which the clan was subordinate. Various other terms are met with implying subdivision of either tribe or clan. They all refer to a pastoral life and indicate a by no means high degree of cohesion.