• Many rules and different practices were followed by the people.
• Very often families were part of larger networks of people we define as relatives. Blood
relations can be defined in many different ways.
• Mausmriti is considered the most o important Dharma Sutra and Dharmashastra. It was
compiled between 200 BCE and 200 CE. This laid down rules governing social life.
• During Mahabharata age gotras were considered very important by higher verna of
societies.
• Social differences prevailed and integration took place within the framework of caste
system.
• According to the sutras only Kashtriyas could be a king.
• The original version of Mahabharata is in Sanskrit.
• It contains vivid descriptions of battles forest, palaces and settlements.
Finding out about families:
• Family varies in terms of numbers of members, their relationship with one another as well
as the kinds of activities they share.
• People belonging to the same family share food and other resources, and live, work and
perform rituals together.
• Families are usually parts of larger networks of people defined as relatives, or to use a more
technical term, kinfolk.
• While familial ties are often regarded as “natural” and based on blood, they are defined in
many ways.
• Historians also investigate and analyse attitudes towards family and kinship.
The ideal of patriliny:
• Patriliny means tracing descent from father to son, grandson and so on.
• Matriliny is the term used when descent is traced through the mother.
• The concern with patriliny was not unique to ruling families. It is evident in mantras in ritual
texts suchas the Rigveda.
• It is possible that these attitudes were shared by wealthy men and those who claimed high
status, including Brahmanas.
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