Civil Services Examination · প্রশ্ন 60
According to Kautilya's Arthashastra, which of the following are correct? 1. A person could be a slave as a result of a judicial punishment. 2. If a female slave bore her master a son, she was legally free. 3. If a son born to a female slave was fathered by her master, the son was entitled to the legal status of the master's son. Which of the statements given above are correct?
উত্তর দেখান ও ব্যাখ্যা
উত্তর: (D) 1, 2 and 3
ব্যাখ্যা
The Arthashastra recognises slavery through judicial punishment (dandadasa), and frees a female slave and her son when the master fathers him, giving the son the master's son's status.