Give a brief description of the joint family system prevalent during t

1.	Give a brief description of the joint family system prevalent during the Vedic period.
Answer» Family was the basic unit of the society of the Vedic period. Joint family system prevailed during this period. Mother-father, brother-sister, uncle-nephew, songrandson, etc. lived together in one family up to four or five generations. Father was the head of the family. There were two basic principles in the basis of the joint family system. The first was the need to protect the family property, prosperity and livelihood and the second was that all the family members contributed to the sources of livelihood of the family. Although the head of the family was always a man, yet women occupied an important place in the family activities. In this maimer, family life during the Vedic period was peaceful and happy.

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