[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Caste and Race in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932) › c7.3 # Caste and Race in India c7.3 Caste and Race in India c7.3 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7.3) It must be mentioned at the outset that all the literary accounts of the important aspects of caste centre round the four orders in society, namely Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaiśya, and Śūdra, and not the multifarious groups which are the present-day castes. - [Previous: c7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7.2) - [Next: c7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7.4) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7.3) · Pramāṇa