The Rashtrakutas and their Times c21.9
The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c21.9
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c21.9
The information of Alberuni about the caste system is more detailed and interesting, and though he was not like Ibn Khurdadba or Al Idrisi directly connected with the Deccan we cannot pass over his account as the conditions in the south were not much different from those prevailing in the north. After mentioning the four principal castes Alberuni says:—