Did kings in Ancient India own all the land?

Was there a concept of private property in Ancient India, or all of the land was owned by the King. This is the question I am trying to answer in this video.
Reference:-
1. On the problem of Landownership in Ancient India by G. M. Bongard-Levin
2. Ownership of the Agricultural Land in Ancient India by Lallanji Gopal.
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[@amandeep9930]

Make a video on the history of Hill States of Himachal Pradesh. Our history is oftentimes connected with Mahabharata. For example the goddess of Kullu - Hidimba is considered to the same Hidimba whome Bheem married during vanavaasa. The kings of Rampur are said to be descendents of Krishna. I often wonder how much truth is there to these claims.

[@AmanRishitwenty15]

himachal was under katoch chandravanshi rajputs (kangra) alongside jalandhar forming ancient kingdom of Trigarta, lahul spiti was conquered later on by Zorawar Singh

[@tejaswilog3946]

Please make a video on economy and trade policy of ancient and medieval India Was it capitalist ????(as we traded extensively with foreign countries) And the importance of Temples with respect to administrative and economic perspective

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I don't think it was capitalist. I will do some videos on trade in the future. Thanks for your suggestion.

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[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you. I will try to be regular.

[@vibhu2327]

Great video☀️☀️☀️

[@ashishkumarjha2257]

Meanwhi Muslim rulers mostly collected 1/3 or 1/2, to manage their harams.

[@tvrulz46]

I think it’s important to remind ourselves that Megasthenes’ original work is lost. The fragments which survive are quotations in other works, the most well known being Diodorus who provides the most “complete” account of what we know today. The major downside of this is Diodorus was a careerist who took many liberties in his writings in a time of Ancient Greece when anyone who wrote about ancient India stood to gain a lot of money and fame. Writings about India were very popular and in demand and often contained information which was flat out wrong or made up. While Diodorus was better than some I fear we do not have an accurate account of what megasthenes would have said and if we go by Diodorus, how much of it is accurate or based on first hand experience.

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hey can you explain how do we know that vedas are 3500 year old because there is a conspiracy theory that buddhism is older than vedic culture

[@krishnachahar1764]

bro u made history fun more than the torture

[@JayVardhanSingh]

thanks bhai

[@Iiieevvueúiie]

Mythological reference to determine land ownership. Very unreliable.

[@nikhilPUD01]

Private concept we using today having issues with land acquisition while doing further infrastructure development. Although both system have pros and cons.

[@PawanRao007]

Humara bhai Jay on the top 😅. Thank you for these interesting and informative videos brother 👌🏼

[@JayVardhanSingh]

thanks bhai

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Waiting for hindi channel and interesting topics you will explore.

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[@arkadeepchanda9524]

Exactly bro

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[@iamDamaaldumeel]

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[@raginisingh2251]

Excellent video

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Make vedio on harshavardhana empire

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Will soon make a video on this

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[@anselmdanker9519]

Very interesting and informative thank you.

[@sharadowasdr]

Is there any evidence of transferring ownership of an individual property in Ancient India ?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Yes, we find epigraphical and textual evidence of sale and purchase of property.

[@Nirmalsingh-fk6we]

Sir please recommend some books that gave us knowledge about ancient India from beginning

[@JayVardhanSingh]

you can read John Keay's India : A History and Sanjeev Sanyal's The land of seven rivers.

[@islamraisa5843]

Great video. I request you make videos on the sassanid empire.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I mainly cover Indian History on this channel. So it will not be possible to make videos on the Sassanids. But will try to do a video on the relation between the Sassanids and India.

[@akk7791]

Nice

[@thakur_sahab1991]

How old is devnagari script

[@knowledgedesk1653]

6th century

[@Playerone1287]

Brother, I have one question who are we meenas of rajasthan, are we the ancient matsya tribe, because we still in the same region of jaipur alwar where matsya janpad was present and our name matches with Matsya

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I don't know about this. But I don't think there was any Matsya tribe. It was the name of the Mahajanpada.

[@Playerone1287]

@@JayVardhanSingh thanks for replying What were people of mastya janpad called Can you please make a video about mastya janpad and everything written about in ancient scriptures Pleasssssee😩😭😭😭😭

[@eliotanderson6554]

​@@JayVardhanSingh bhayya can u make a video on history of caste system and how it changed with time and how it was viewed with time in india

[@tishantchhabra6856]

​@@JayVardhanSinghBrother but the janpad was on the name of clan or tribe ruled on it and also vise versa.

[@dsbdsb6637]

Megasthanese must have encountered 'community properties' thus he wrote the lines he did. Book - Land and Society in Early South Asia Eastern India 400-1250 AD

[@chola377]

Great video but only one question was this concept of Private property and taxes accepted by all the kings or were there any dynasties that tried to change it and implement the patliputra model all over their kingdom. Also if possible can you share your knowledge regarding the battle formations followed in ancient Indian armies.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

There could've have been cases like this. But I haven't come across any evidence for this. Thanks for the suggestion. Will try to do a video on it.

[@aswinvinodk5796]

The history of our world and our country is the most interesting thing in existence,but unfortunately our teachers use it as a weapon to torcher us or as sleeping pills.😊

[@rageagainstmachineo1491]

I think Megathenese travelled extensively throughout the Empire of Chandragupta Maurya. He visited most of the kingdoms that were under the Mauryan Empire east of Taxila.