Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c5.t1.93
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c5.t1.93
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c5.t1.93
The work which the slaves had to do was of course manifold. The slave was ordinarily engaged in cooking,⁶ fetching water,⁷ pounding and drying rice,⁸ carrying food to, and watching, the field,⁹ giving alms¹⁰ ministering to the master when he retired,¹¹ or handing the plates and dishes, bringing the spitton and fetching the fans during meals,¹² sweeping the yards and stables¹³ and such other duties.