[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922) › v1.c19.s9.152 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.152 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.152 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s9.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.152) The hireling, wage-earner, day-labourer was no man's chattel, yet his life was probably harder sometimes than that of the slave¹². He was to a great extent employed on the larger land-holdings¹³. He was paid either in board and lodging, or in money-wages¹⁴. Manu prescribes regular wages both in money and kind for menials in the king's service¹⁵. - [Previous: v1.c19.s9.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.151) - [Next: v1.c19.s9.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.153) - [Up: v1.c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.152) · Pramāṇa