Caste in India: The Facts and the System c7.s2.1

c7.s2.1

WE must then, first of all, ascertain in what light the castes are presented to us by tradition ; having observed them in practice, let us see what the literary documents have to say. I do not intend to give here more than a very summary idea of this past, for successfully to define the scope and character of the evidence is a matter of some delicacy.