Caste in India: The Facts and the System c7.s2.16

c7.s2.16

All Brahmans excluded from the model caste must, however, have been distributed as they are to-day, somewhat extensively among special castes. Manu seems to know nothing of them. He never breathes a word about these castes. He therefore does not pretend so to dispose the facts as to form a true picture, but confines himself to presenting the type of Brahmanic caste in its ideal integrity.