Caste and Race in India c22.1

c22.1

Abhiras, tribe, 50 Aborigines, Aboriginal castes, 48, 96, 104, 105, 107, 143, 144 Aboriginal tribes, 29, 30, 40, 48, 96, 104, 105, 107, 143, 144 Aboriginal type, 105 Abul Fazal, castes in time of, 100 Agamudaiyan, caste, 110, 119 Agastya, legend of, 143 Agri, caste, 20 Aheriya, caste, 5 Ahir, caste, 5, 20, 31, 100 Aitareya Brāhmaṇa: warning to Kshatriyas, 41; on the importance of Purohita, 42; on the low birth of Kavaṣha, 44; on the position of a Vaiśya, 45 Ajātaśatru, philosopher-king, 45 Akbar, castes in time of, 17, 100 Alpine race, 114, 121, 122, 123 Ambattan, caste, 110 Ambaṭṭha, Brahmin student, 65 Aṅgiras, Smṛti, 89 Antyajas, 80; *see* Outcast Āpastamba, Dharma Sūtra, 52, 53, 55, 58, 61, 71, 72, 73 Arabs, absence of endogamy among, 131, 132 Arjuna, 61 Arora, tribe, 20 Arthaśāstra, 74, 87; *see* Kauṭilya Artisan castes of Madras: struggle for higher social status, 6; non-Brahmin priests of, 14 Ārya: contrast with Dāsa, 41, 46; illicit unions with Śūdra, 47; contrast with Śūdra, 55; invasion of India by, 104; opposition of Dāsa to, 144 Aryan, people, 47, 48, 49, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 112, 113, 123, 143 Aryan, type, 104, 112 Arya Samaj: attitude towards caste, 165; reasons of the popularity of, 165 Aryo-Dravidian type, 112, 119 Asat Śūdra, 83, 85, 92 Aslrafin, 10 Aspr̥isya Śūdras, 8 Aśvapati, philosopher-king, 43 Atri, Smṛti, 85, 88, 89 Australians, 117 Ayogava, mixed caste, 47