History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c41.6

v3.c41.6

"The Hindus call their castes, varnas or colours and from the genealogical point of view they call them Jatah (Jati). They are four from the beginning. The highest are the Brahmins; next come Kshatriyas. Their degree is not much below that of the Brahmins. Then follow the Vaiśyas and the Śudras. Between the two latter classes there is no very great distance. Much as these differ, they live together in the same towns and villages, mixed together in the same houses and lodgings" (Sachau I pp. 99-101).