Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.302
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.302
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The old provision making for different rates of interest for the four different varṇas recurs in the two law-books of this period.⁴ But Yājñavalkya modifies this by stating that whatever is agreed upon may be paid as interest.⁵