UPSC Prelims · 2022 · GS Paper I · Q60

According to Kautilya’s Arthashastra, which of the following are correct? 1. A person could be a slave as a result of the judicial punishment. 2. If a females slave bore her master a son she was legally free. 3. If a son born to a female slave was fathered by her master, the son was entilted to the legal status of the master’s son. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. (A)1 and 2 only
  2. (B)2 and 3 only
  3. (C)1 and 3 only
  4. (D)1, 2 and 3

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Subject
History, Ancient

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