describe the politial condition during the Rigueda period
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The polity of the Early Vedic period was basically a tribal polity with the tribal chief in the centre which was transformed towards Monarchy in later Vedic period. Rig Vedic society was semi-nomadic tribal society with pastoral economy.
sᴏᴄɪᴇᴛʏ ᴡᴀs ᴘᴀᴛʀɪᴀʀᴄʜᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴅᴇsᴛ ᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋᴜᴛᴜᴍʙᴀ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ. ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢ ᴠᴇᴅɪᴄ sᴏᴄɪᴇᴛʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʀɪsᴇs ᴏғ ғᴏᴜʀ ᴠᴀʀɴᴀs ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴡᴀs ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴄᴄᴜᴘᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟs. ʙᴜᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴠᴇᴅɪᴄ ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ, ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴄɪᴇᴛʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀsɪs ᴏғ ᴠᴀʀɴᴀ (ᴠᴀʀɴᴀ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʙɪʀᴛʜ ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴘʀᴏғᴇssɪᴏɴ ʙᴀsᴇᴅ). ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏʟɪғᴇʀᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴘʀᴏғᴇssɪᴏɴ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʀɪsᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴀᴛɪs. ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴏғ ᴋɪɴɢsʜɪᴘ ᴡᴀs ᴛʀᴀɴsғᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʀɪᴛᴜᴀʟs ʟɪᴋᴇ ʀᴀᴊᴀsᴜʏᴀ (ʀᴏʏᴀʟ ᴄᴏʀᴏɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ) ᴀssᴜᴍᴇᴅ sɪɢɴɪғɪᴄᴀɴᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴠᴇᴅɪᴄ ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ.