[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s2.475 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.475 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.475 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.475](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.475) Kosala and Videha, no doubt settled by Āryan tribes, are only rendered civilized and habitable by the influence of pious Brahmins. We need not doubt that the non-Brahminical tribes (see Vrātya) had attained intellectual as well as material civilization, but it is reasonable to assume that their civilization was inferior to that of the Brahmins, for the history of Hinduism is the conquest by the Brahmins—not by arms, but by mind—of the tribes Āryan and non-Āryan originally beyond the pale. - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.474](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.474) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.476](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.476) - [Up: v2.c4.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.475](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.475) · Pramāṇa