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E) Economic Condition :
Man's attempt to meet the primary necessities of life or his
attempt to feed and cloth himself and his family led to the development of
his economic life.51 But unfortunately while referring to the economic
life of the people of Kamrupa, no direct sculptural reflections are
there to observe at Madan-Kamdeva and all the deliberations have
to be made here only on some indirect evidences.
52 Accordingly, the sculptures of Madan-Kamdeva, affix
mainly to the narathara section of the main temple plinth have
'successfully projected the life of a high born people in the society.
Like in other parts of India, the ideal of feudalism worked as a
catalyst behind the existence of these aristocrate people in the
society of Kamrupa. The basis of feudalism is an agricultural
society, features with penal servitude, house slaves, purchased
entertainer of all sorts and harem slaves. In the country like Kamrupa,
the kings tried to accelerate the process of cultivation by donating
waste land to the newly migrated Brahman who had equipped
with advance technique of agriculture. The extensiveness of
cultivation work under the supervision of feudal lords is proved
when the areas of all donated land are expressed in term of the measures
of paddy that they produced. In other word it can safely be said
that though the sculptures of Madan-Kamdeva have reflected.
nothing to the agricultural structure of the society, but still the
life depicted here, certainly have some link with agricultural
economy of the country.
52.
53 51. Agarwal, U. : Op-cit, 1995, p.161.
Kosambi, D.D. : Op-cit, 1994, p.24.
Choudhury, N.D.: Op-cit, 1985, p.235.
53.