Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c48.s2.11

c48.s2.11

preceding paragraph, the military tribes have retained their grip on the land. In accordance with the general scheme of exposition, it is proposed to subdivide this group here into the cultivating castes, *in the wider sense of the term*, and those who devote their efforts to the growth of special products, such as the bitel-vine, or to roots and vegetables and other market-garden produce. Of the latter some are conventionally impure, such as onions, turmeric and turnips, or necessitate the destruction of life or extensive and intimate dealings with manure, both repugnant to Brāhmanical tradition, in consideration of which the castes thus engaged have been relegated to a lower social position than the field operator.