Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s2.31

v1.c17.s2.31

The story of the King Vishvamitra of Gadhipura¹ and the Brahman Vasishtha, which fills so many sections of the first book of the Ramayana,² exemplifies, under the veil of allegory, the by the Brahman’s levies. These reinforcements would appear to have been the ancient Persians, the Sacae, the Greeks, the inhabitants of Assam and Southern India, and various races out of the pale of the Hindu religion; all classed under the term Mlechchha, equivalent to the ‘barbarian’ of the Greeks and Romans.