A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.45
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.45
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v1.c7.45
The mass of the population, in the country thus briefly described, are Hindoos, who, by the ordinances of their sacred writings, are divided into the four well known casts of Bramin, Kshittree, Weysh, and Shooder ¹; but all these classes, though nominally preserved, are degenerated, extinct, or greatly subdivided.