Slavery: Role Of Christainity And Islam

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There were some chinese visitor statements that slavery was non-existent in ancient India, but these are usually cavalierly dismissed. It was more on the order of falling in debt, etc. This debt could be carried on over generations as in Raja Harishchand story. Das is seen in the name of Sudas and Divodasa where it means servant or man. Mleccha desa is usually applied to those regions where only master and slave relations exist, ie the extreme northwest.