| A General History For Colleges And High Schools Contributor(s): Myers, P. V. N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1419101331 ISBN-13: 9781419101335 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: The conflict of races in Northern India gave rise to what is known as the system of castes; that is, society became divided into a number of rigid hereditary classes. There arose gradually four chief castes: (1) Brahmans, or priests; (2) warriors; (3) agriculturists and traders; and (4) serfs, or Sudras. The Brahmans were those of pure Aryan blood, while the Sudras were the despised and oppressed non-Aryan aborigines. The two middle classes, the warriors and the cultivators of the soil, were of mixed Aryan and non-Aryan blood. Below these several castes were the Pariahs, or outcasts, the most degraded of the degraded natives. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Education | History - History | Essays - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: 370.9 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (2.17 lbs) 580 pages |
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