Caste in India: The Facts and the System c6.s6.21

c6.s6.21

In the opinion of the best judges this rule, if not Vedic, is of Brahmanic origin, ² and has spread gradually. Be that as it may, it is still a caste-law, in relation to which each follows the hereditary custom, reputed immemorial, of the group to which he belongs by birth.