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Understanding Laws

Question
CBSEENSS8007754

Describe the laws that existed in ancient India

Solution

In ancient India, there were innumerable and often overlapping local laws.

Different communities enjoyed different degrees of autonomy in administering these laws among their own. In some cases, the punishment that two persons received for the same crime varied depending on their caste backgrounds, with lower castes being more harshly penalised.

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