Caste and Race in India c4.1

c4.1

IN the following pages I have made an attempt to give my views on the history and the origin of the caste system as it was in the past and is to-day among the Hindus of India. As regards caste in recent and contemporary times, I have purposely restricted the treatment to the institution as it is found among the Hindus. Whatever elements of caste happen to occur among the other communities of India are derivative, and as such do not serve to illuminate the problem of caste.