Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.185
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.185
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Provisions for the payment of taxes show that artisans were no longer employed and controlled by the state in the same manner as they were in the Mauryan period. Probably artisans living in the capital² were attached to the king. But the frequent mention of artisans in villages shows that they were far more numerous in the rural areas, where they lived and worked more or less independently.