Slavery in India
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Slavery in India
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The Early History of slavery in the Indian subcontinent is contested because it depends on the translations of terms such as dasa and dasyu. Greek writer Megasthenes, in his 4th century BCE work Indika or Indica, states that slavery was banned within the Maurya Empire, while the multilingual, mid 3rd Century BCE, Edicts of Ashoka independently identify obligations to slaves and hired workers, within the same Empire. Slavery in India escalated during the Muslim domination of northern India after
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_India
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2007-05-28T04:35:50Z
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2024-09-11T20:17:11Z
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