5.A By the whim of the master

( ***Warning: contains upsetting details.*** This week, we learn a little about what life was like for slaves in ancient and early medieval India, from becoming a slave to being free. India might have been the best place in the ancient world to be a slave, but slave life was often still brutal. In this episode: four ways you might become a slave, bad food sends a slave running for freedom, another annoying rant about academia, and an ancient Indian slave talks about cold baths and Buddhism with her master.

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5.A By the whim of the master is an episode from The History of India Podcast by Kit Patrick.

This episode is 59:03 long.

This episode was published on Apr 11, 2020.

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