A traditional Indian land tenure system where villages held land communally and redistributed it periodically among households.
From Hindi भैयाचारा (bhaiyāchārā), derived from bhāī (brother) and chāra (conduct/behavior). The word literally means 'brotherly conduct,' reflecting the communal sharing philosophy underlying the system.
The bhaiachara system was India's ancient version of land redistribution—it prevented wealth concentration by periodically reshuffling who owned which fields, making it an early experiment in equity that lasted for centuries!
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