01-14-2006, 07:40 AM
India had and still has a system of bonded labor
in which a person agrees to work for some years in exchange for money
Harischandra if read right looks more like bonded labor
This is more like serfdom
In hindu culture there is no slave trade
While a Dalit may be harassed in a hindu village
he will not be sold into slavery
There is a book called
White Gold
which calculates that in slave raids, in the 18th century,
muslims took 1 million white slaves from Europe
I remember reading in an encyclopedia that the main source of wealth
for Mohd Ghazni was sale of hindu slaves
in which a person agrees to work for some years in exchange for money
Harischandra if read right looks more like bonded labor
This is more like serfdom
In hindu culture there is no slave trade
While a Dalit may be harassed in a hindu village
he will not be sold into slavery
There is a book called
White Gold
which calculates that in slave raids, in the 18th century,
muslims took 1 million white slaves from Europe
I remember reading in an encyclopedia that the main source of wealth
for Mohd Ghazni was sale of hindu slaves