The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c15.s5.30

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⁸ Kautilya LXIV; *Mahâbhârata*, *Anuśâsana-parva*, xlvii, 17, 28, xlviii, 4, 7, 8; Manu, III, 13, X, 6—7; Viṣṇu, XXIV, 1—4; Baudhâyana, I, viii, 2—6, I, ix, 3, 5; Yâjnavalkya, I, 57, 91, 92, II, 125. These references are borrowed of Vanamali Vedantatirtha's *Bengali* article in the *Prabâsî* (Calcutta) for Vaiśâkha, 1326 (April, 1919). Enough data are not available yet for an epigraphic study of the caste system. But already it might be shown that the *râjâs* of the ruling dynasties and of the *gaṇas* (republics) belonged very rarely to the so-called Kṣatriya caste, as the theory of water-tight compartments would lead one to presume. Similarly generals and officers of the army were contributed by the priestly, trading and Sûdra classes. *Cf.* Mookerji's *Local*, 59—62, Majumdar, 146—149, 160, 164, 171, 172. A "military interpretation" of Hindu history with special reference to the ethnic elements has been suggested in Sarkar's *Chinese Religion*, pp. 195—208 (A Melting-pot of Races). Note the cephalic index