The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c15.s5.25

c15.s5.25

Further, among the six officers⁵ to be appointed in each village as representatives of the Crown, it is interesting to observe that the chief executive may come even from the priestly caste, and that even the warrior caste can contribute men to the department of revenue.⁶ Thus according to Sukra, the Brâhmana need not always have to pursue the religious avocation, nor the Kṣatriya always to be a soldier. In political theory, therefore, caste (birth-affiliation) is not the supreme factor in an individual's occupation or professional activity, as it has been alleged to be by the scholars in indology.⁷