Caste in India: The Facts and the System c5.35

c5.35

I must not entirely forget that I am here addressing myself not so much to my colleagues in Indianism as to a wider circle of readers. It has always been my desire to place within the grasp of all cultured minds exact and vivid ideas, such as can only be set down by one who has studied India somewhat closely. I have had such persons in mind while completing this reprint by the addition of bibliographical references. The literature on the subject is vast ; my scanty notes do not pretend to give even so much as an outline of it. They are merely indications which will have this merit at least : that they are modest enough not to discourage those who may only wish to regard them as light reading.