Caste and Race in India c11.14

c11.14

It must, however, be said to the credit of the Brahmins that they did not quite forget the original solidarity of the first three classes. They tried to preserve the purity, on their model of course, of both the Kshatriyas and the Vaiśyas at least in their ideal scheme, though they treated the latter for all practical purposes as equal to the Śūdras.