Question

Compare the North Indian and South Indian villages, they were called with different names as per their land holding. What were the different kinds of people living in most of the villages?​

Answer 1

Our of the land, hired slaves to cultivate it, collected taxes from villagers, and was the judge and chief policeman for the village.

Small land owners were called 'Grihapatis', and slaves who worked on their masters' lands were called dasa karmakaras.

There were also craftspeople such as weavers, blacksmiths, potters, and carpenters living in those villages.