Discuss the villages in India that were known as little republies by t

1.	Discuss the villages in India that were known as little republies by the British.
Answer» Solution :(i) British officials in he 19thcentury observed that village was a little republic made up of fraternal partners sharing resources and lobourin a collective . (ii)Therewas individual ownership of assets and deep inequalities based on CASTE and gender disteinctions. Group of powerful individuals DECIDED the affairs of the village, exploited the weaker sections and had the authority to dispense justice. (iii)Large number of populations called landless labourers, who formed the lowest hierarchy in termof caste, social and economic status. (iv)A Cash nexus had already developed through TRADE between villages and towns. In Mughal heartland revenue was ASSESSED and collected in cash . (v)Artisans producing for the export market,received their advance in cash as did producers of commercial crop like cotton, silk or indigo

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