Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.113
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.113
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In the aśvamedha sacrifice, which was supposed to confer universal sovereignty upon its performer, the śūdras appear as the armed guards of the horse which is sent out on an expedition of world-wide conquest.¹