A History of Agriculture in India v1.c29.s9: Payment to Workers
A History of Agriculture in India v1.c29.s9
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Payment to Workers
v1.c29.s9.1
The Arthashastra enjoins that provisions shall be supplied to watchmen, gardeners, slaves and labourers, in proportion to the amount of work done by them.
v1.c29.s9.2
‘They shall be paid a pana and a quarter per mensem. Artisans shall be provided with wages and provision in proportion to the amount of work done by them.
v1.c29.s9.3
Those that are learned in the Vedas and those that are engaged in making penance may take from the fields flowers and fruits for the purpose of worshipping their gods, and rice and barley for the purpose of performing agrayana, a sacrificial performance at the commencement of harvest season; also, those who live by gleaning grains in fields may gather grains where grains had been accumulated and removed from.’
Cites (1)
- Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit