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Consider the following statements regarding Rig Vedic king (Rajan).

In Rig Vedic period the king’s post was hereditary.
These kings enjoyed unlimited power on their subjects.

Choose the incorrect statement/s by using the codes given below

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation:

2 only

Although there is evidence that kingship was not always hereditary during the Vedic and into the Later Vedic period, by the time of composition of the Brahma?a literature, traces of elective kingship had already begun to disappear.

These kings enjoyed unlimited power on their subjects.

By: Kamal Kashyap

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