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¹ For the law concerning slaves and servants see *Arthaśāstra*, Bk. iii, chs. 13, 14. The general rule was laid down that an Ārya could not be in the status of slavery (*Na tv-ev-āryasya dāsabhāvaḥ*), but it was subject to exceptions. When Megasthenes averred that slavery was unknown in India, he may have had some such rule in his mind.