The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c21.115

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c21.115

¹ For alleged early contests between Brāhmaṇas and Kṣatriyas for supremacy (Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts, Part I, Ch. III) there is no tangible evidence. No safe inference can be drawn from the myths of Paraśu Rāma's extermination of Kṣatriyas in the Purāṇas and the Mahābhārata (Ādi Parvan, LXIV).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit