The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s6.90

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† xii. 96. 5. If the girl wants to go, and says so at the end of a year, she must be returned; but she may not be asked till the expiration of the year. ‘Other property,’ according to the commentator, implies slaves captured by force. The general rule is that the girl or slave or any other property is returned at the end of the year. This must have been a rule that the victor followed or not as he pleased. I have already referred to the slave-girl given to the vicious priest in the ‘northern country,’ xii. 168. 29 ff. -173. 18.