Q36 (CDS-II/2017) History & Culture › Ancient India › Vedic age society Answer Verified

Statement I : The early Aiyans, who were essentially pastoral, did not develop any political structure which could measure up to a State in either ancient or modem sense. Statement I : Kingship was the same as tribal chiefship; the term Rctjan being used for tribal chief who was primarily a military leader and who ruled over his people and not over any specified area.

Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

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Explanation

The early Aryans of the Rig Vedic period were primarily a nomadic-pastoralist society [1]. Their political organization was tribal in nature, characterized by lineage-based groups rather than a territorial state [2]. Statement I is true because this pastoral lifestyle and tribal structure did not facilitate the development of a formal 'State' in the modern sense, which requires defined territory and administrative bureaucracy. Statement II is also true and provides the correct explanation: the 'Rajan' was a tribal chief and military leader whose authority was over the 'jana' (people) rather than a specific 'janapada' (territory) [3]. The lack of a fixed territorial basis for kingship is the fundamental reason why a formal state structure did not emerge during this early phase. Territorial states only began to crystallize in the later Vedic period as agriculture became more dominant.

Sources

[1] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 2: Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures > Characteristics of Society > p. 26
[2] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 2: Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures > Polity and Administration > p. 25
[3] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 2: Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures > Political Organization > p. 27

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