[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) › c8.160 # Caste and Race in India c8.160 Caste and Race in India c8.160 - **Language:** English ### [c8.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c8.160) There is still permission for the three castes to marry outside their varṇa excepting from among the Śūdras. But a wife of lower varṇa is declared to be unfit for the performance of religious rites. - [Previous: c8.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c8.159) - [Next: c8.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c8.161) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c8.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c8.160) · Pramāṇa