Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c7.14

c7.14

The date and authenticity of the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya 157 The meaning of the term śūdrakarṣakaprāya 161 Slaves and agricultural labourers in state production 163 Employment, control and wages of the artisans 166 High posts as the preserve of the three higher varṇas 172 Śūdras as spies and soldiers 173 Varṇa legislation of Kauṭilya 174 Status of the śūdra vis-a-vis slaves in Kauṭilya 177 Dāsa and āhitaka 178 Manumission and treatment of slaves 179 Mauryan society, a slave-owning society 182 Aśoka's vyavahāra-samatā and daṇḍa-samatā 183 Marriage practices of the śūdras and the formation of mixed castes 184