Hiuen Tsang portray the social life in the times of Harsha Consider the following with reference to ...........

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Hiuen Tsang portray the social life in the times of Harsha. Consider the following with reference to it.

1. He mentions that the Sudras were forbidden from agriculture.

2. As per his documentation, the dead could not be subjected to water burial.

3. Dowry system was practiced in the empire.

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Explanation:

The fourfold division of the society – Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vysya and Sudra – was prevalent.
Statement 1: The Brahmins were the privileged section of the society and they were given land grants by the kings. Hiuen Tsang mentions that the Sudras practiced agriculture.
Statement 2: Hiuen Tsang mentions three ways of disposal of the dead – cremation, water burial and exposure in the woods.
Statement 3: The position of women was not satisfactory. The institution of Swyamvara (the choice of choosing her husband) had declined.Remarriage of widows was not permitted, particularly among the higher castes. The system of dowry had also become common. The practice of sati was also prevalent.
Learning: Trade and commerce had declined during Harsha’s period, which is is evident from the decline of trade centres, less number of coins, and slow activities of merchant guilds.The decline of trade in turn affected the handicrafts industry and agriculture.Since there was no large-scale demand for goods, the farmers began to produce only in a limited way. This led to the rise of self-sufficient village economy.