Abstract: the soil like the European serfs. They enjoyed the freedom to migrate to another state if they were oppressed 1). This right is implied in the texts of the early medieval period. Thus, the Brhanndradya Purdnza (c. A.D. 750-900)2) says that when much afflicted by the sufferings caused by famine and taxation people feel distressed and migrate to countries rich in wheat and barley. A verse in the Subhdbitaratnakosa of Vidyikara (1 zb century) 3) speaks of men in a village leaving it when oppressed by the feudal chief. In the entire range of Sanskr...
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Ancient history