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CHAPTER III GAŅA-THE BASIC ĀRYAN SOCIETY
The Aryan society in their original home had increased in power and numbers. It began to seek fresh homes and'! Separation of pastures new. The first brother. to separate
the Aryans was the Europārvan: Circa 2500 B.C. A: branch of them reached: south the Danube: in the middle ofy. the second millennium B. C. The Asiāryans reached Central Asia in the later part of the third millennium B: C. Their: two branches, the Hittteāryans and the Irānāryans, reached: Anatolia and Iran Circa 2000: B. C. The Brahmāryan : contacts with Bhārata may be placed in the middle of the : second millennium B. C. The Aryans had developed their peculiar institutions before thier contacts: with the Sramaņic: society in Europe, Egypt, the Western Asia and Bhärata. It is of prime importance for the re-interpretation of the march of humanity since the dawn of history to re-study the natureof these institutions.
The remote ancestors of the Aryan nation passed through the states of savagery and barbarism. Their : basio, common society was Gaņa. Gens, genos and Gaņa in Latin,. Greek and Sanskrit signify one and the same society... Rgveda is the oldest Book of the Aryan society. The : institution of Gaņa occupies a significant place in it
Word Gaņa is traced by Yaşka to v Gan 'to count.' It has its Europāryan parallel in ger( + n) - to gather'. The
first letter 'g' of the word Gaņa may be Gana-an Artificial traced to v gam in the sense of going, moving, Aggregation
having sexual intercourse with; or standing
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