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umbrella decorated with garlands of koranța flowers held over them.128 They were taken out in a litter in a gorgeous procession accompanied by damsels standing with yak tail in hand or carrying a fan or a pitcher The rich people possessed palatial buildings, married several women, made magnificient donations, paid large fees to courtesans and enjoyed rich festivities.
The middle class people too lived a life of ease, and indulged in charities, and made gifts to the order. The hardest lot was those of poor people who earned their daily wages and with great difficulty could make their both ends meet. The poor labourers often suffered from the hands of money-lenders for whom they had to work as slaves for the non-payment of the debts.
128 Anta. 8, p. 10; Ova. Sü. 27-33 129 Naya. 1. p. 30 f.
