Caste in India: The Facts and the System c8.s3.2

c8.s3.2

Common occupation is, in his eyes, the foundation of the caste; it is the centre round which it has grown up. He admits no other origin; he deliberately excludes all influence of race and religion. In his eyes it is pure illusion to distinguish in India distinct currents of population, Āryan and aboriginal. The wave of invasion was early absorbed in the mass; unity was very soon established, and was already acquired more than a thousand years before the Christian era. Only the constitution of castes succeeded in introducing a disturbing factor, thanks to occupational speciality.