Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.159
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.159
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The Vedic Indians were primarily pastoral;¹ at least this holds good of the Āryans known from the early parts of the *Ṛg Veda*. Anthropological investigations show that some pastoral tribes also keep slaves although in a relative sense slavery is more developed among agricultural tribes.²