The Purana Index v1.c3.s8.2

v1.c3.s8.2

In the same way a student of sociology will meet with details with regard to movements of people, their manners and customs, and in short their culture There are materials about the castes and tribes of ancient India, both indigenous and foreign. For example, the Viṣṇu Purāṇa speaks of the Kirātas on the eastern boundary of Jambū- dvīpa and the Yavanas on the western territory. There are also enough material as to the conventions of society and how their non-observance led to the degradation of persons. We also see how people were divided into a number of communities and how this division was made to rest on occupation and profession, and how their hereditary character promoted family spirit in all walks of life.