Public Administration in Ancient India c5.42

c5.42

⁴ Kautilya prescribes a heavy fine for any person who refuses to emancipate his Dāsa on the latter offering the ransom-money. Bk. III. ch. 13. Manu, on the other hand, is, like Aristotle, a believer in the doctrine of natural slavery. “A Sūdra,” says he, “though emancipated by his master, is not released; since that is innate in him, who can free him from it?” VIII. 414.