Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.123
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.123
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It was provided in the *aśvamedha* sacrifice that the house of the *rathakāra* should serve as the resting place for the horse and its guardians.¹ This shows that the *rathakāra* continued to hold his political position in the later ritual of the *aśvamedha* as well.