[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geography of the Puranas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966) › c5.4 # The Geography of the Puranas c5.4 The Geography of the Purāṇas c5.4 - **Language:** English ### [c5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c5.4) The gens of the Iroquois, like that of the Greeks and Romans, is the unit of social organization. It is a body of consanguinei, descended from a common ancestor, distinguished by a gentile name, and bound together by affinity and by the rights, privileges, and obligations of the members of the gens. The gens is a natural unit of society, and the basis of the social organization of the Iroquois. - [Previous: c5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c5.3) - [Next: c5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c5.5) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c5.4) · Pramāṇa