The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c7.s16.t2.4

c7.s16.t2.4

A statistical analysis of the stories regarding the origins of Indian ruling dynasties through the ages, as derived from literature as well as from inscriptions, ought to be valuable as the subject of a monograph. It is likely to throw light not only on race-intermixture and caste-fusion but also on the importance of the *viṣ*, the "folk" and the demos in societal remaking and perhaps likewise on the place of bastards in the establishment of royal and aristocratic families in India. Among the manufacturers of states and the makers of epochs the rôle of "low origin" and illegitimate birth may be found to be not negligible.