Megasthenes recorded his observations in his work 'Indica' (though only fragments survive through later writers like Arrian, Strabo, and Pliny). He noted seven classes of people in India and explicitly mentioned the absence of slavery in the form known in Greece.
Who among the following stated that there was no slavery in India?
Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2022 · Topic: Maurya Empire (Mauryan Foreign Relations and Diplomacy)
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