The structure and organization of villages

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The village community was based on a simple division of labour. The farmers cultivated the soil and tended cattle. Similarly, there existed classes people called weavers, goldsmiths, carpenters, potters, oil pressers, washer men, cobblers, barber-surgeons, etc. All these occupations were hereditary and passed by tradition from father to son. Most of the food produced in the village was consumed by the village population itself.

The raw materials produced from primary industries were the feed for the handicrafts. Thus interdependence of agriculture and hand industry provided the basis of the small village republics to function independently. The villages of India were isolated and self-sufficient units which formed an enduring organization.

But this should not lead us to the conclusion that they were unaffected by wars or political decisions. They did suffer the aggressors and were forced to submit to exactions, plunder and extortion, but the absence of the means of transport and communications and a centralized government helped their survival.
 

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The village community was based on a simple division of labour. The farmers cultivated the soil and tended cattle. Similarly, there existed classes people called weavers, goldsmiths, carpenters, potters, oil pressers, washer men, cobblers, barber-surgeons, etc. All these occupations were hereditary and passed by tradition from father to son. Most of the food produced in the village was consumed by the village population itself.

The raw materials produced from primary industries were the feed for the handicrafts. Thus interdependence of agriculture and hand industry provided the basis of the small village republics to function independently. The villages of India were isolated and self-sufficient units which formed an enduring organization.

But this should not lead us to the conclusion that they were unaffected by wars or political decisions. They did suffer the aggressors and were forced to submit to exactions, plunder and extortion, but the absence of the means of transport and communications and a centralized government helped their survival.

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