Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c5.t1.72
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c5.t1.72
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c5.t1.72
The treatment of the slaves was, generally speaking, humane and considerate. It, however, depended on, and differed according to, the temperament and capacity of both the master and the slave. There is complete absence of legal rights of the slaves in the stories. The right of the master over his slave seems, according to the prevailing custom, to have been absolute (*ayiro hi dāsassa janinda issaro*).¹