 Along with Brahmins and Kshatriyas, a class called "gahapatis" (literally householders, but effectively propertied classes) was also included among high "kulas".The people of high "kulas" were engaged in occupations of high rank, "viz"., agriculture, trade, cattle-keeping, computing, accounting and writing, and those of low "kulas" were engaged in low-ranked occupations such as basket-weaving and sweeping.The "gahapatis" were an economic class of land-holding agriculturists, who employed "dasa-kammakaras" (slaves and hired labourers) to work on the land.