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The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called ___________.

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Kara
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Varman
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Bali
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Vidatha
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Solution

The correct option is C Bali

During Rig-Vedic era, the basic unit of power lied within a patriarchal family called Kula. The head of the family was a Kulapa. A group of such families called grama, which was controlled by a village headman Gramini. The groups of the villages belonged to a clan and many clans made a community called Jana.


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