Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s1.1
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s1.1
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c12.s1.1
Jain texts draw a distinction between the Ārya and the Anārya. According to the Vedic literature the characteristic physical difference between the two races was that of colour. The Āryans who were the conquerors were fair-coloured and the aborigines or the non-Āryans, who formed the subjugated race, were dark-coloured¹.