Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c7.6

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Racial import of ārya 9 Difference between the Dāsas and Dasyus 10 Fight between the Āryan and the pre-Āryan tribes 12 Inter-tribal struggle among the Āryans 16 The Paṇis 19 Social adjustment between the Āryans and the pre-Aryan chalcolithic people 21 Dāsa as ‘Āryan’ tribe / slave in the age of Ṛgveda 24 Mass migration of the Āryans attested by linguistic evidence and also by archaeology 27 Absence of sharp class divisions in Ṛgvedic society. 29 High status of artisans 31 The Puruṣasūkta and the śūdras as a social order 32 Śūdras as a tribe 35 Śūdras as an Āryan tribe 37 Were the śūdras originally kṣatriyas? 40 Etymological derivation of the term śūdra 42 The status of the śūdra-varṇa at the time of its origin 44