Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.82
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.82
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⁴ There is a simile of sale and purchase of slaves in a Gupta inscr. (*CII*, iii, No. 6, l. 2.). The *Br.* refers to the *dāsalekhyam*, a deed for the sale of slaves (VI. 7). In the *Mṛcchakaṭika* slavery was in vogue as an institution permitted by the state (*IHQ*, v, 307).
Linked texts (2)
- Bṛhaspatismṛti — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit
- Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum