{"id":91968,"date":"2025-06-01T11:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=91968"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:10:20","slug":"according-to-kautilyas-arthashastra-which-of-the-following-are-corre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/according-to-kautilyas-arthashastra-which-of-the-following-are-corre\/","title":{"rendered":"According to Kautilya&#8217;s Arthashastra, which of the following are corre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Kautilya&#8217;s Arthashastra, which of the following are correct ?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. A person could be a slave as a result of a judicial punishment.<\/li>\n<li>2. If a female slave bore her master a son, she was legally free.<\/li>\n<li>3. If a son born to a female slave was fathered by her master, the son was entitled to the legal status of the master&#8217;s son.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the statements given above are correct ?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 and 2 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 and 3 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;1 and 3 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1, 2 and 3&#8243; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC IAS &#8211; 2022<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2022\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe correct option is A, as statements 1 and 2 are correct.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nStatement 1 is correct. Kautilya&#8217;s Arthashastra describes various ways a person could become a slave (dasa), including as a result of judicial punishment (e.g., for certain crimes), voluntary self-sale, or being captured in war.<br \/>\nStatement 2 is correct. Arthashastra (Book III, Chapter XIII) explicitly states that if a female slave bore her master a son, both the mother and the child would gain emancipation (legally become free).<br \/>\nStatement 3 is incorrect. While the son born to a female slave and fathered by her master gained freedom along with his mother, he was not automatically entitled to the full legal status of a son born to the master&#8217;s free wife. Kautilya&#8217;s text deals with different types of sons and inheritance rules, and a son by a slave woman had a distinct status, though he was not a slave.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nKautilya&#8217;s Arthashastra provides detailed regulations regarding slavery, including conditions for becoming a slave, the rights and duties of slaves, and provisions for manumission. It reflects a complex system with protections not always found in other historical slave systems.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Kautilya&#8217;s Arthashastra, which of the following are correct ? 1. A person could be a slave as a result of a judicial punishment. 2. If a female 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 &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"According to Kautilya&#8217;s Arthashastra, which of the following are corre\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/according-to-kautilyas-arthashastra-which-of-the-following-are-corre\/#more-91968\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">According to Kautilya&#8217;s Arthashastra, which of the following are corre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1092],"tags":[1108,1168,1193],"class_list":["post-91968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-ias","tag-1108","tag-ancient-history-of-india","tag-maurya-empire","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>According to Kautilya&#039;s Arthashastra, which of the following are corre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct option is A, as statements 1 and 2 are correct. 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Statement 2 is correct. Arthashastra (Book III, Chapter XIII) explicitly states that if a female slave bore her master a son, both the mother and the child would gain emancipation (legally become free). Statement 3 is incorrect. While the son born to a female slave and fathered by her master gained freedom along with his mother, he was not automatically entitled to the full legal status of a son born to the master&#039;s free wife. 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