Social Structure

The Harappan society appears to have been divided into three sections, viz. an elite class associated with the Citadel; a well-to-do middle class; and a relatively weaker section, occupying the lower town, which was generally fortified. The Craftsmen and laborers normally were resided outside the fortified area.

• The Early Vedic society was tribal and basically egalitarian. Clan and kinship relations formed the basis of the society and family was the basic social unit. Social divisions based on occupations had started but there was no caste division.
• The Later Vedic society changed from pastoral to later nomadic lifestyle to a settled ....