Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.264

v2.c4.s7.264

⁶⁶ Indian Village Community and Village Communities in India, where much stress is laid on the idea of a settlement of Āryans on lands already occupied by Dravidian clans, much as Anglo-Saxon invaders on one theory occupied lands already held by Britons who became serfs, while the invaders were a land-holding aristocracy, a theory supported by the fact that the normal holding of a hide is estimated at 120 acres.