Slavery in India

There is evidence of the existence of slavery in India or personal circumstances resembling slavery and bonded-servitude since ancient times. Historical examinations have largely emphasized the intensification or growth of this institution during the period of Muslim control of northern India. Quotes This also is remarkable in India, that all Indians are free, and no Indian at all is a slave. In this the Indians agree with the Lacedaemonians. Yet the Lacedaemonians have Helots for slaves, who perform the duties of slaves; but the Indians have no slaves at all, much less is any Indian a slave. Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, bk. 7, as translated by Edgar Iliff Robson (1929), p. 335 See also Jayapala External links Category:History of India India