ब्रह्मज्ञान

Slavery in India had begun in ancient times, and it explored with invasions of India in 8th century, and especially after the 12th century. The term dāsa and dāsyu in Vedic and in many other ancient Indian religious literatures has been translated as slave. But many Indian scholars have translated it as servant, religious devotee. Kautilya's Arthasastra dedicated a chapter to dasa and granted them legal rights and declared abusing, hurting and raping a dasa as a social and moral crime. Passages of Arthasastra, Smritis and the Epic Mahabharata suggest that the social institution of slavery existed in India by 1st AD, likely by the lifetime of the Buddha. Historical consensus indicates towards the escalation of slavery in India with the military campaign of Muslim armies in India. There was extensive slavery in India's Islamic period from 8th century AD through the 18th century in a total period of almost 1000 years. Slaves were also bought from India and exported to Islami...