A History of the Mahrattas v1.c5.s3.19
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c5.s3.19
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v1.c5.s3.19
‘It has been usual to aim at classifying the almost numberless amorphous social groups, which have been formed in India by varying influences, as either caste, tribe or sect. In caste the formative influence is taken to be occupation; in tribe, common descent; in sect, religion.