write about the feudal nature of polity in the gupta period. im offering very high no. of points for this (guys i am asking the same question a THIRD time, because the prev times the people who answered pretty much copy-pasted everything from wikipedia which i have already gone through because i have a history project)
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Indian feudalism refers to the feudal society that made up India's social structure until The Mughal Dynasty in the 1500s. The Guptas and the Kushans played a major role in the introduction and practice of feudalism in India, and are examples of the decline of an empire caused by feudalism.
Starting from the Gupta period the term samanta (neighbour) became to be applied to those granted land or to subjugated feudatory rulers. Weak enforcement of power over the conquered regions led to the resumption of independence and some high administrative positions became hereditary.[2] There is debate among historians whether the feudatory system in India qualifies as true feudalism, as apparently there was a lack of an economic contract between king, vassal and serf. Other historians however argue that the similarities are significant enough to describe it as feudalism. The essential characteristic was the decentralization of power. Samantas were officials granted lands instead of a salary and proceeded to seize ownership of the area while continuing to refer to themselves as vassals of their ruler. They were required to pay a small fraction of revenue and provide troops for the overlord. These lords often aped their royal suzerains, for instance, by constructing miniature royal palaces.[3] This encouraged the fragmentation of authority and growing parochialism which has been suggested as a cause for the weak resistance against Muslim conquest.[4]
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Many important changes happened in Indian society in the post Gupta period. The land grants facilitated feudal development in India from the fifth century AD onwards. The peasants stayed in the land granted to the feudal lords. The villages transferred to these were termed as Sthana-Jana-Sahita and Janata Samriddha. This contributed to the decline of trade and commerce in the post Gupta period for causing a closed economy.
The growth of the feudal society weakened the position of the king and made him more dependent on the feudal chiefs. The domination of the feudal chiefs became dominant which resulted into the weakening of the village self-government.
The four Varnas existed in the society as mentioned in the writing of Hiuen Tsang. There were many sub castes which also prevailed at that time. The position of women seems to have deteriorated during this period. Sati and dowry were common.
Girls were married between the ages of six and eight years. In general women were distrusted. They were to be kept in seclusion. Generally, the lives of women were controlled by their male relatives like son, father, and brother.
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