[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.s7.233 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.233 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.233 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.233](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.233) (b) \*Caste in the later Saṃhitās and Brāhmaṇas.\*—The relation between the later and the earlier periods of the Vedic history of caste must probably be regarded in the main as the hardening of a system already formed by the time of the Rigveda. - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.232) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.234](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.234) - [Up: v2.c4.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.233](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.233) · Pramāṇa