Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c6.s1.136
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c6.s1.136
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In the words of Fick, “with the Brāhmaṇa agriculturists, merchants, hunters and carpenters, we leave the solitary height upon which is enthroned the Brāhmaṇa, who is raised according to his own theory above all other members of society, and descend to the motely groups of people where the care for material existence drives out all spiritual interests and throws into the shade the question relating to birth and caste.”¹⁰