Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.134
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.134
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It is not unlikely that there were many other inter-tribal conflicts of this kind, of which we have no records. Indications of such struggles are found in references which represent the Āryans as violators of *vratas* established by the gods. Five such passages quoted by Kane from the *Ṛg Veda* can be interpreted in this light.⁴ In a dialogue between the primeval priest Atharvan and Varuṇa, the priest boasts: "No Dāsa by his greatness, not an Āryan, may violate the law that I will establish."⁵