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INTRODUCTORY
Indian society gives expression to the gicat principle that life is a long pilgrimage cxtending beyond dcath into thc infinite and thc ctcrnal Let each individual in the socicty endcavour for huis own welfaic, but his 111teicsts should not run counter to the interests of the society The patlis followed by individuals may be scparatc but the ultimate goal must be the same. "The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number" should be the motto
In the following section we have made an attempt to collect the scattered inaterial depicting the Social Lifc of ancient Indian people with a view to grasping the ordinary life and aclivities of the early people
