alleryStart learning →In real life, antyaja groups were expected to
ACollect land revenue for rulers
BServe as priests in temples
CSupply cheap labour to peasants
DAct as ministers of the king
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Supply cheap labour to peasants
Though socially oppressed, they were included in economic networks as providers of inexpensive labour.
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