Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c11.s1.12

c11.s1.12

A still more interesting passage occurs in the Vajrasuchi, another of the numerous works of Aśvaghoṣa. Here caste is attacked on psychological ground. All human beings are “in respect of joy and sorrow, love, insight, manners and ways, death, fear and life all equal.”¹