Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.126

c7.126

A special form of aristocracy, in which also the ruling class owned the best land of the state, was that arising from the conquest of one race by another invading race. . . . The conquerors as a whole constitute a class superior to the conquered, of whom some are reduced to serfdom, while others occupy a more favourable position. This special division of classes is typical of the aristocracy of conquest. We find this aristo-