History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.836

v4.c63.836

⁸⁷⁹ शूद्राश्च पतिताश्चैव चण्डालाश्चाततायिनः । नार्हन्ति विप्रक्षेत्रस्य क्रयविक्रय-कर्मणि ॥ बृह. ; विभागेन क्रयेणापि वेतनग्रहणेपि वा । शूद्रः केनापि रूपेण न विप्रक्षितिमर्हति ॥ स्मृत्यन्तर q. by व्यव. नि. p. 354. With these provisions prescribed at least 1500 years ago one may compare the South African legislation passed in the midst of the Second World War (alleged to be fought for different kinds of freedoms) against Indians preventing the purchase by them of lands in areas reserved for Whites.