Caste in India: The Facts and the System c8.s4.12

c8.s4.12

Over-timid theories which dare not emancipate themselves from Hindu tradition are ineffectual, and we must distrust no less those which are too vague and comprehensive. If community of occupation sufficed to found the caste-system, it should prevail in many other countries besides India. This objection stares us in the face. It condemns no less obviously the system which is content, without historical sequence or absolute certainty, to point to caste-laws as a survival of the ancient organization of the tribe or of the clan.