Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.517
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.517
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¹⁷ A village might contain a whole clan, but probably it contained at most a section of a clan. By family is meant a Hindu joint family; but the extent to which such families existed, and the number of persons included, cannot even be conjectured from the available evidence. Cf. Schrader, *Prehistoric Antiquities*, 393; Leist, *Altarisches Jus Gentium*, 34.