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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.20

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.20

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c9.20

The rural economy of India was based chiefly on a system of village communities of landowners or what is known as peasant proprietorship.¹ The common occupation of the villagers was agriculture or farming.