Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.111
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.111
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If the word *anāsa*⁶ applied to the Dasyus is taken in the sense of ‘noseless’ or one with a flat nose, and the term *vṛṣaśipra* applied to the Dāsas⁷ as ‘bull-lipped’ or having big protruding lips, it would appear that the enemies of the Āryans were physiognomically different.