[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s12.517 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.517 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.517 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.517](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.517) 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. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.516](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.516) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.518](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.518) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.517](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.517) · Pramāṇa