History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c15.s4.1

c15.s4.1

The early Ājīvika community, both religious and lay, was drawn from all sections of the population. Like Buddhism and Jainism, Ājīvikism seems to have made no stipulations about the status of its converts, and apparently did not encourage caste distinctions.