The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c7.s16.t3.4

c7.s16.t3.4

The “legal fiction” or “pious wish” of caste “restrictions” was positively broken in upon by the *Real-* *politik* of race-mixture and inter-caste marriage, i.e *varṇa-saṅkara*. The purity of stocks was thus as much a myth in India as in Europe. The intermingling between castes or races implied a veritable democratization of Indian society and culture. The *Vrātya* and the *varṇa-saṅkara* were thus some of the "folk elements" which served to enrich and strengthen the foundations of Hindu civilization.⁵²