Q. The institution of gotra appeared in which of the following periods?
Answer: Later Vedic Age
Notes: The institution of gotra appeared in the Later Vedic period. It's literal meaning is ‘cow pen’ or the place where cattle belonging to whole clan are kept. However in course of time its meaning changed to 'descent from a common ancestor'.

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