Most Ancient Aryan Society

Author(s): Ram Chandra Jain
Publisher: Institute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan

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( 161 ) also not satisfied with a reasonable profit. They wanted thousandful in return. Indra was offered Yajñic viands on the condition of returning thousands and hundreds of cows." They want from Indra thousand benefits, thousand kinds of food, thousand sorts of wealth and thousands of horses. They solicit from Indra a thousand well-trained, swift-going horses, a hundred jars of Soma Juice, thousands and hundreds of cattle,18 and sufficient riches. Indra is to come with thousands of riches by very powerful conveyances24. Fierce Indra is to cast fatal weapon on the mischievous mortal to grant them food, wealth and blessings in thousands. Varuņa, Mitra and Agni give excellent food and thousands of riches. Agni is subduer of foes. He is to procure for the Gaņa-members thousandfold wealth that they may thence obtain food, strength and long life17. Food gives strength and strength gives long life. Riches are obtained by the martial exploits of Agni and then he is able to secure thousand-fold return to the Gaņa-labourers who had surrenderd all their labours to the Gaņa pati. The Ganas organised collective Yajñas to augment in fullness their weatlh18. Yajña is, thus, also, the tribal economic activity of the Gaņa.
This is a clear picture of the economic organisation of the primitive Aryan Gaņas. Gaņa was a complete homogeneous economic unit. Members of Gaņas offered' all their productions, possessions and obtainments to the symbol of their Gaņa, the Ganapati''. All the members of the Gaņa were conscious that if their leader would be a well-satisfied hero, great in strength and vigour with intelligence and foresight and able to lead them to victory against enemy Gaņas and other people ; he would successfully lead them to amass more wealth ; to have more cattle and to possess more efficient means of productions that they would enjoy better
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