Who Controlled Ancient Indian Villages?

In this video, we look at the Village chief and how he controlled the village. We start from the Indus Valley Civilization and cover upto the post-Gupta period. The video mainly talks about Northern India.
Reference
1. Village administration in Ancient India by Shrimar Yerankar
2. The Village Headman in Ancient India by D. K. Ganguli
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Research and Script by Pushkar Chaudhary.
Inputs on the Scirpt by Jay Vardhan Singh
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[@prabeermann7530]

Thank you for the amazing videos. I would really appreciate if you can some day make some videos on Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Cholas, Cheras , Pandyas . I think that these empires/dynasties have had a very rich and culturally important history which a lot of people have missed out on.

[@maddagedonroshan970]

Quite impressed by your videos. They are quite informative. I'm a medical doctor originally from Sri Lankan, currently working in UK. I'm a Sinhalese. I have watched your video on the Mauryans. Some of the sources you have given are Sinhalese chronicles, they confirm the first three Mauryan Emperos married from their same clan , confirming their Kshatriya origin. Have you noted that 1Prince Chandragupta was a son of a Mauryan King who escaped when his father was killed. He married his maternal uncle's daughter who escaped with his mother to Pataliputra 2. His son Bindusara married a Mauryan Princess Dharma from Champa Nager. But Divyavadhana say that she was a Brahmin Princess But do you know that there is a Champa Nagar established by Sakyan survivors even in Burma. So she could be probably a daughter of Sakyan who lived in the disguise of a Brahmin Priest in Champa 3. His son Asoka married the daughter of Count Deva of Vedisa, Princess Devi. Now as the father was a count, historians call them Vaishya but Sinhalese chronicles repeatedly highlight that they were also Sakyans who escaped during massacre. In the Tbet/chinese book Dulwa, it is described three Sakyan chieftains who escaped massacre and the ancestor of Princess Devi could be one of them. Her brothers were sent to Lanka with the Sacred Bodhi sapling and their generations still continue to live here So royal marriages of the family, is an evidence for the Khatriya origins of the family I have done a search on the Sindh origin of the Sinhalese and if you want to know details of this extensive work please contact me through my email [e-mail]

[@iamDamaaldumeel]

@tenkasisubramanian FYI

[@Kalki3710]

He has given all the sources.

[@Archi.x002]

How Indian caste system and caste rules evolved and spread all across the subcontinent and worled through centuries

[@pinklinecabs3967]

It's the Varna vyavasthā. We aren't Spaniards or Portuguese to have a caste system.

[@Archi.x002]

@@pinklinecabs3967 ok Jati vyavastha

[@Kalki3710]

​​@@Archi.x002 First off all, it's a not a topic of historians. Yeah topic Anthropology aur Sociology mai ata hai. Aur Caste aka Jati yeah har pre- industrial society mai exist karti thi. ( Yaha jati aur Varna do alag cheej hai, Varna is a position or designation in the society, which is mobile. Koi bhi jati apne karma se top position pe ja sakta tha) Jati yeah tribe ka extension hai. Jati ka nature endogamous hota hai. Yani marriages aur dusri Social interaction sirf ek jati/ Caste ke ander hi hota hai. Africans mai bhi caste system hai. Nigeria mai Osu caste system hai. Spanish colonies, America mai Latin caste system tha. Aaj bhi Mexico mai. Unka caste was based on race, blood purity and colour of skin. Jo jitna dark wah utna bottom pe. Europe mai Christian society under feudal system mai sabka pata tha estate system Jo caste system jaisa tha. Baki untouchability has nothing to do with caste system. Untouchability bhi sabhi culture or countries mai exist karti thi aur aaj bhi karta hai. China, japna, South Korea, tibbet, France, span, UK, Arab countries, Nigeria and etc mai. India mai literary tradition aur khaskar ke oral literary tradition bahut hi developed tha. Isliye sabhi cheeje record hoti thi. Isliye logo ko lagta hai ki Caste yeah sirf India mai exist karta tha aur hai. Dusra bat India mai yeah Political aur religious issues bana Diya gaya hai. Globally isliye India aur Hindus ko sirf blame Kiya jata hai. Caste system ke liye.

[@aniruddhbahuguna5462]

​@@Archi.x002 No term

[@steelcross628]

​@@Kalki3710"Jaati aur Varna ek hi Chiz hai 2000 Saal Pehle ka Silalekh bhi mil Chuka hai Jahan Bhiramin Jaati Shabd Likha hai Jaati aur varan ek isliye hai kyonki Jaati- Janam se hoti hai aur Varna bhi Janam se hoti hai Janam se Pehle Jivatma ke form mein Joh Guna karma hote hain Us se Varan ka Janam Milta hai aur Janam se Karam ka Adhikar milta hai Aur Phir Varna Shankar Janam Jaat ka bhi Concept hai Joh Janam/Jaat Varna manyata ka Sabse Bada Praman hai Aur ved mein 4 Varna se Bahar bhi Janam/Jaat hain jaise Chandal, Pukkas, Swapach, jismein upar ki teen Jatiyon ko Gaon se Bahar Rakhne ka Adesh hai Aur yeh Jaatiyan bhi hai Nishad, Dhivar, Kewart, Suta, Kahar etc"

[@dhruvsingh7215]

Can we get a video on slavery/ education/condition of people in ancient India

[@vg2812]

Yea please. We need this. I was recently reading Kautilya’s Arthashastra by penguin classics and it gives a very detailed picture of all aspects of life in Mauryan and pre-Mauryan era. The details of slavery, education and even sexual morality is fascinating nonetheless. Would love to see a video from Jay about the same across different time periods in ancient Bharat. Hara hara mahadeva!

[@iamDamaaldumeel]

8:30 _Village land record maintenance_ in Tamilnadu was a *hereditary government position* named *"karnam"* until it was abolished by late MGR circa 1978. Position _"karnam"_ in Tamilnadu relates to *"kulkarni"* title holders in Karnataka and Maharashtra states where they performed the same hereditary (kul-karni) land record maintenance profession.

[@dwarasamudra8889]

Could you do a video on Ancient Indian Gunpowder. It has bee claimed by some scholars that, whilst Indians did not have a proper projecting weapon like a matchlock, they still were aware of the gunpowder recipe and used it for firecrackers and applying it on arrow tips.

[@shaktisingh6489]

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[@stargazer5322]

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[@paauspawar6153]

Wow the importance of village head & the system involved has been more or less unchanged for centuries. In Maharashtra the village chief the Patil had the same responsibility all the way till the Independence. I believe there would have been similar systems in other states as well

[@raginisingh2251]

Excellent

[@bhratashree]

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[@Kattarhindubilla]

Pls make video on the teibe of pratiharas

[@Fire-zg7nx]

Thanks

[@AD-gg2sr]

I think the importance of village head in South India was more because those states were more dependent on villages. There were lesser towns and cities as compared to Northern India.

[@iamDamaaldumeel]

1:05 "Gramani" (கிராமணி) in north Tamilnadu and Puducherry is a name associated with *toddy tapper* caste who are known as Nadar (also shanar) elsewhere in Tamilnadu. *Kaaminda* (which much maligned to present day _kavunda/gounda/gowda_ ) was the traditional title holders of village headmen around 8-12 century CE in western Tamilnadu (Kongu region), Southern Karnataka (Mysore region) and south-west Andhra.

[@Kattarhindubilla]

Pls make video on the tribe of pratiharas

[@AlEx-qj3de]

The Mohenjodaro Harrapa Indus valley civilization was nonviolent family grouping

[@Mustafa-nd8mq]

Best History books to Know About Ancient India any Tips

[@prabeermann7530]

Can you please also make a video on Feudalism in Ancient India . Thank you for all the information .

[@sudirbai]

I want to know if there was any military rank system in medieval India, as in modern India there are the hierarchy ranks like major, captain, and so on

[@uddipanchaudhury3023]

Please suggest some books to learn about ancient Indian society

[@maddagedonroshan970]

Can you please tell me whether there is an inscription preserved in Mathura Museum about King Ajasatru? It says Videhi putra Kunika Ajasatru, this appears in Wikipedia. Is this true?

[@priyanshz67y]

Was Bindusara conquered something? Plz explain

[@Playerone1287]

0:40 shocking, i thought we only found urban settlements

[@Mom_stealer_the_III]

Can you make a video on Mittani Kingdom. There are many Sanskrit named kings are found in Mittani Kingdom, manu which are related to Ramayan and Vedas. They say that Mittanis came india and started Hinduism and some days Indians went to west.

[@tanmay23623]

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[@Hinduism_is_best_bestie]

Best way to learn Sanskrit?

[@yj9032]

university

[@anirudh177]

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[@vedicarya7]

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[@harshithsubramaniam5924]

This is what Marx referred to as the Asiatic Mode of Production.

[@AspirantKanishka]

We want a comparison between vaidik religion vs brahman religion

[@vg2812]

Both are the same. Vedic ”religion” is the same as brahmanism as we can see in the oldest vedic shruti, ie book 6 of Rig veda, the culture of linguistics evolved rapidly and was very respected as it was the primary way of storing knowledge along with recording the achievements of Rig vedic kings like Sudas, Divodasa etc. this called of a development of a separate set of culture to develop which is later called brahminism. These people were highly respected due to their way of life.

[@Playerone1287]

Better term is pauranic hinduism vs vedic hinduism And there's a huge difference between two

[@raghav5903]

Vedic religion is brahminism

[@AspirantKanishka]

@@Playerone1287 ji, thanks

[@AspirantKanishka]

@vg2812 they forced others to respect them in brahminisim period. In vaidic period, brahmans were highly respected because they were teacher class at that time.

[@AlEx-qj3de]

The mixing of the peacful Indus Valley community on which Vedic Aryan bloodthirst violen conquest usurption cruelty created a culture of violence that resulted in Maha Bharata bloodshed wars and killings cannibalism

[@technicalist101]

Stob blabbering, there is zero evidence of bloodthirst or violence, instead there is evidence of material cultural continuity

[@AlEx-qj3de]

The Indus Valley highly Engineering Civilization was Family Head Adam- type before the violence of Vedic Bloodthirrstyness

[@raghav5903]

Request - please make a video on magnificence of important cities in subcontinent from post IVC to 7th century. Like large urban settlements found in IVC or ruins of Hampi.

[@_KUNDAN_PATEL]

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[@Kattarhindubilla]

Pls make video on the teibe of pratiharas

[@Kattarhindubilla]

Pls make video on the tribe of pratiharas