[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) › c7.7 # Caste and Race in India c7.7 Caste and Race in India c7.7 - **Language:** English ### [c7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7.7) The fact that the four classes are described as of divine origin, although in the later hymns, must be taken as a sufficient indication that they were of long duration and very well-defined, even though the exact demarcation of their functions, the regulations guiding their inter-relations, and the extent of their flexibility may not be referred to in the main body of the Rigvedic literature, which is avowedly of a liturgical nature. - [Previous: c7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7.6) - [Next: c7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7.8) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7.7) · Pramāṇa