Question

Define the terms ur,sabha and nagaram.

Answer 1

Explanation:

• In ancient india, sabha was a village assembly or council where all the zamindars were Brahmins. They worked through sub-committees, which looked after the roads, building markets, temples etc.
• Nagaram was a town or organization of merchants, where merchants conducted commercial activities through a corporate body called nagaram.  
• UR was a gram sabha in which the Bhuswamis were not Brahmins. These were assemblies of SOUTHERN KINGDOMS.

Answer 2

Answer:

The organization of merchants was called the nagaram. Usually, these assemblies were controlled by rich merchants and landowners. Such local assemblies survived for centuries in south India.

ur was a village assembly found in areas where the land owners were not brahmins

Sabha is the name of a village gathering where only Brahmin landowners participate