Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c32.s3.7
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c32.s3.7
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c32.s3.7
From a statement of Patañjali it is clear that in a republic there used to be slaves and artizans to whom the peculiar forms which denoted the citizens of a particular republic did not apply—नैतत्तेषां दासे वा कर्मकरे वा (See above § 31, p. 35, *n.*). This indicates that the artizans as well as slaves were not franchized. The Mauchikarnas did not keep any slaves in their state (hence the legend in Megasthenes that there were no slaves in India).