Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.338
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.338
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⁶ S. Beal, *Travels of Fa-hien*, pp. 54-55. Giles also gives a similar translation (*Travels of Fa-hien*, p. 21), but Legge translates that "criminals are fined according to the circumstances (of each case)" (*A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms*, p. 43), which may suggest varṇa distinctions.