[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953) › c8.s5.4 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s5.4 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s5.4 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.4) A typical \*Janapada\* was peopled by members of the four principal castes and other mixed castes so that its population was heterogeneous. - [Previous: c8.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.3) - [Next: c8.s5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.5) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.4) · Pramāṇa