The Indian Empire: Its History, People and ProductsLondon, 1882 - 568 pages |
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... Súdras , the ( 4 ) Súdras . remnants of the vanquished aboriginal tribes whose lives had been spared . These were ' the slave - bands of black descent , ' the Dásas of the Veda . They were distinguished from their ' Twice- born ' Aryan ...
... Súdras , the ( 4 ) Súdras . remnants of the vanquished aboriginal tribes whose lives had been spared . These were ' the slave - bands of black descent , ' the Dásas of the Veda . They were distinguished from their ' Twice- born ' Aryan ...
Page 102
... Súdras , the remnants of earlier races . The Súdras had no rights ; and , once conquered , ceased to struggle against their fate . long contest raged between the priests and warriors for the chief place in the Aryan commonwealth . In ...
... Súdras , the remnants of earlier races . The Súdras had no rights ; and , once conquered , ceased to struggle against their fate . long contest raged between the priests and warriors for the chief place in the Aryan commonwealth . In ...
Page 122
... ( súdras ) . But they dis- close that this old Aryan classification failed to represent the actual facts even of the Aryan communities in Northern India . They admit that the mass of the people did not belong to any one of the four castes ...
... ( súdras ) . But they dis- close that this old Aryan classification failed to represent the actual facts even of the Aryan communities in Northern India . They admit that the mass of the people did not belong to any one of the four castes ...
Page 123
... Súdras . Third , of a vast residue of the Varna - sankara , literally the ' mingled colours , ' a great but uncertain number of castes to whom was assigned a mixed descent from the four recognised classes . The Census of 1871 proved ...
... Súdras . Third , of a vast residue of the Varna - sankara , literally the ' mingled colours , ' a great but uncertain number of castes to whom was assigned a mixed descent from the four recognised classes . The Census of 1871 proved ...
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... Súdras . The Census proves that this classification remains the fundamental one to the present day . The ' twice- born ' castes still wear the sacred thread , and claim a joint , although an unequal , inheritance in the holy books of ...
... Súdras . The Census proves that this classification remains the fundamental one to the present day . The ' twice- born ' castes still wear the sacred thread , and claim a joint , although an unequal , inheritance in the holy books of ...
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aboriginal Afghán Afghánistán Agra Ahmednagar Akbar ancient army Aryan Asoka Assam Aurangzeb Behar Bengal Bombay Bráh Bráhmans British India Buddha Buddhist Calcutta capital caste Central century A.D. Chandra Gupta chief Chinese conquest court death Deccan deity Delhi District doctrines dynasty east Emperor English faith Firishta Ganges Gangetic Ghazní gods Government Greek Guzerat Hindu Hinduism hymns Imperial Gazetteer Indus invasion Kábul Kandh Khán king kingdom Kshattriyas languages legends Lord Madras Mahábhárata Málwá Marhattás Megasthenes Middle Land miles millions Mughal Empire Muham Muhammad Muhammadan Musalmán Nágá native non-Aryan Northern India Orissa Oudh Patná Peshwá population Portuguese priests princes Provinces Punjab Purána races Rájá Rájputs Ráma Rámáyana reign religion religious revenue Rig-Veda rites river rule sacred sacrifice Sanskrit Santáls Scythian Scythic sect settlements Sháh Shah Jahán Sir Henry Elliot's Siva Sivají Southern Súdras Sultán tion tribes Tughlak Veda Vedic village Vishnu Vishnuvite Western worship