[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › Caste in India: The Facts and the System # Caste in India: The Facts and the System Description of the caste system and its rules; varṇa in Vedic and later texts; comparison with Iranian, Greek and Roman social institutions; theory of origins. - **Language:** English - **Date:** 1847–1928 CE - **Authors:** [Émile Senart](https://indike.org/pramana/person/senart), [E. Denison Ross](https://indike.org/pramana/person/ross-ed) - **Extent:** 825 passages, 55,384 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · English tr. by E. D. Ross, London: Methuen 1930 (French original: Les castes dans l'Inde, Paris 1896); scan… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Émile Senart †1928; E. Denison Ross †1940); published… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c1) — 16 parts - [c2 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c2) — 7 parts - [c3 Translator's Note](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c3) — 6 parts - [c4 Author's Note](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c4) — 6 parts - [c5 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c5) — 41 parts - [c6 Part I: The Present](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c6) — 9 parts - [c7 Part II: The Past](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c7) — 6 parts - [c8 Part III: Origins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c8) — 8 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896) · Pramāṇa