History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.95

v2.c19.95

(1) that in the earliest times about which we have literary records there were only two varṇas, the āryas and their opponents the *dasyus* or *dāsas*; that the difference between the two was based on difference of colour and culture and was thus more or less racial and cultural;