Caste in India: The Facts and the System c7.s4.10

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c7.s4.10

The literature of the Brāhmaṇas ³ establishes the antithesis between Śūdra and Ārya, Ārya embracing the three higher castes. A multitude of signs betrays between the two terms not merely inequalities of rank but the much deeper struggle of two religious traditions. The Vedic hymns reveal the struggle at its height.

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