04-21-2007, 06:56 AM
From Arrian's indica...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indica_(Arrian)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>This also is remarkable in India, that all Indians are free, and no Indian at all is a slave. In this the Indians agree with the Lacedaemonians. Yet the Lacedaemonians have Helots for slaves, who perform the duties of slaves; but the Indians have no slaves at all, much less is any Indian a slave.</b>"<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indica_(Arrian)