March 23, 2015
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How Go-Raksha reduced / eliminated slavery in ancient India --- bullocks provided plentiful cheaper labor
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How Go-Raksha reduced / eliminated slavery in ancient India --- bullocks provided plentiful cheaper labor
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India was first country in world to eliminate slavery. And one reason was --- bullock labor became plentiful due to go-raksha that was susdized by rich via donations.
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In ancient Greece \ Rome , some 60% to 80% population was slave and slavery lasted till 300 AD. Arab / Turk / Moguls had slavery for long long time. China too had slavery till 1600 AD. But slavery ended in ancient India loooong back - way before villages started. It appears that large scale slavery never came in Indian sub-continent. One reason was go-raksha which was subsidized by donations from rich.
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Agriculture required huge amount of labor. And slave is intelligent than a bullock. And a slave is fed by his parents till he is 14 to 16 years old, and then he is enslaved in slave raids and then sold. All this makes a slave cheaper than bullock !! Which is why most societies outside India preferred to keep bullocks for meat rather then use them for labor.
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But in India, go-pooja and related "daan" subsidized cows as well as bullocks. And slaughter became sinful. So bullocks became plentiful. And so there was almost no need for human slaves !!
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The lack of slavery played IMPORTANT role in protecting Hinduism from Arabs etc. How?
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Please see Arab conquests from Arab to eastwards till Sindhu river and westward -- whole northern africa, middle africa, and also along Turkey , middle east etc. Here Arabs / Turks etc sailed on with ease. The real resistance came only near Sindhu river and when they tried to cross into Europe from Turkey or from Northen Africa. IOW, except Catholics and Hindus, others fell like house of cards. WHY?
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Because Arabs offered freedom to slaves if they accepted Islam. So places like Iraq, Iran etc which back then had huge slave population started falling like house of cards because their "own" slaves would side with Arab invaders. Whereas in Europe and India, there wasnt much slave population to speak of. So a big benefit that Arabs etc got in wars in then Iraq, Iran, central asia, africa was NOT available in India and Europe.
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It is interesting to see how subsidies , via daan, for cows and bullocks and very concept of goraksha had such far far reaching effect. It reduced slavery to near zero if not absolute zero, and thus strengthened society.
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Today, cows / bullocks are needed more than past !! Thats because urine is needed is huge quantity for pesticide. It is now proven that chemical pesticide cause caner and GM crops which have toxins built into plants are worse. The only remedy left to kill pests etc is animal urine. Further , urine has bacteria which improve soil,. While chemical pesticides not dont have such bacteria, but the kill such bacteria as well. And likewise animal dung is better fertilizer than chemical fertilier because animal dung has bacteria which improve soil, while chemical fertilizer doesnt have these bacteria kills those baacteria.
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Using bullock instead of tractor too has merits because India is fuel deficient and we import 65% or more of the crude / gas we consume. Also , tractors hardens the ground and reduce fertility. And tractors emit more carbon dioxide . fumes etc then bullocks.
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All in all, goraksha and traditions to donate for cows reduced slavery in ancient India to zero. And today too, it can serve 10s of purposes.
India was first country in world to eliminate slavery. And one reason was --- bullock labor became plentiful due to go-raksha that was susdized by rich via donations.
.
In ancient Greece \ Rome , some 60% to 80% population was slave and slavery lasted till 300 AD. Arab / Turk / Moguls had slavery for long long time. China too had slavery till 1600 AD. But slavery ended in ancient India loooong back - way before villages started. It appears that large scale slavery never came in Indian sub-continent. One reason was go-raksha which was subsidized by donations from rich.
.
Agriculture required huge amount of labor. And slave is intelligent than a bullock. And a slave is fed by his parents till he is 14 to 16 years old, and then he is enslaved in slave raids and then sold. All this makes a slave cheaper than bullock !! Which is why most societies outside India preferred to keep bullocks for meat rather then use them for labor.
.
But in India, go-pooja and related "daan" subsidized cows as well as bullocks. And slaughter became sinful. So bullocks became plentiful. And so there was almost no need for human slaves !!
.
.=========================
.
The lack of slavery played IMPORTANT role in protecting Hinduism from Arabs etc. How?
.
Please see Arab conquests from Arab to eastwards till Sindhu river and westward -- whole northern africa, middle africa, and also along Turkey , middle east etc. Here Arabs / Turks etc sailed on with ease. The real resistance came only near Sindhu river and when they tried to cross into Europe from Turkey or from Northen Africa. IOW, except Catholics and Hindus, others fell like house of cards. WHY?
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Because Arabs offered freedom to slaves if they accepted Islam. So places like Iraq, Iran etc which back then had huge slave population started falling like house of cards because their "own" slaves would side with Arab invaders. Whereas in Europe and India, there wasnt much slave population to speak of. So a big benefit that Arabs etc got in wars in then Iraq, Iran, central asia, africa was NOT available in India and Europe.
.
It is interesting to see how subsidies , via daan, for cows and bullocks and very concept of goraksha had such far far reaching effect. It reduced slavery to near zero if not absolute zero, and thus strengthened society.
.
===============
.
Today, cows / bullocks are needed more than past !! Thats because urine is needed is huge quantity for pesticide. It is now proven that chemical pesticide cause caner and GM crops which have toxins built into plants are worse. The only remedy left to kill pests etc is animal urine. Further , urine has bacteria which improve soil,. While chemical pesticides not dont have such bacteria, but the kill such bacteria as well. And likewise animal dung is better fertilizer than chemical fertilier because animal dung has bacteria which improve soil, while chemical fertilizer doesnt have these bacteria kills those baacteria.
.
Using bullock instead of tractor too has merits because India is fuel deficient and we import 65% or more of the crude / gas we consume. Also , tractors hardens the ground and reduce fertility. And tractors emit more carbon dioxide . fumes etc then bullocks.
.
All in all, goraksha and traditions to donate for cows reduced slavery in ancient India to zero. And today too, it can serve 10s of purposes.
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