SAST 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Rajasuya, Ashvamedha, Vedic Priesthood
22 Jun 2020
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King"s success & survival also depended on them: rajasuya ceremony obviously meant to highlight the personal aspect of patrimonial rule in little kingdoms that were like extensions of the royal household. Tribal to territorial: used to refer to a tribe, then changed to. People : vish: used to indicate a lineage or clan, now refers to subjects of the king. Janapda: area where people settled: pada: originally meant step , so janapada was. Place of a tribe great territory of the people: kurukshetra: region to the north of delhi where famous battle mahabharata was fought, field of the kurus derived from the tribe that settled there. Mahabharata: perhaps the most voluminous single literature product of mankind, originated in this period of tribal war & early settlement, depicts struggle of fighting cousins, the pandavas and the kauravas for control of western ganga-
