The Empire of IndiaPitman, 1913 - 393 páginas |
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... But at the present day very few men of the two highest castes - the Brahmin and the Rajput - will do so much as lay hands on a plough ; not FANCIFUL PREJUDICES only does their example lower the dignity of 50 THE EMPIRE OF INDIA.
... But at the present day very few men of the two highest castes - the Brahmin and the Rajput - will do so much as lay hands on a plough ; not FANCIFUL PREJUDICES only does their example lower the dignity of 50 THE EMPIRE OF INDIA.
Página 124
... Brahmin families . For the rest the invaders seem to have interbred with the Dravidians around them , developing a mixed race which forms the greater part of the population of Northern India . But a Tartar element is also prominent here ...
... Brahmin families . For the rest the invaders seem to have interbred with the Dravidians around them , developing a mixed race which forms the greater part of the population of Northern India . But a Tartar element is also prominent here ...
Página 126
... Brahmin supremacy in all matters spiritual and ceremonial , and of the caste system which , under Brahmin ascendancy , fetters with ritual prejudice every action of man's life . But the hill tribes and the lowest classes of the plains ...
... Brahmin supremacy in all matters spiritual and ceremonial , and of the caste system which , under Brahmin ascendancy , fetters with ritual prejudice every action of man's life . But the hill tribes and the lowest classes of the plains ...
Página 127
... Brahmin complaisance has adop- ted . Hindus speak at least twelve separate languages , distinct in vocabulary and script . More than a million of them know enough English to use it freely , and can accordingly combine for a common ...
... Brahmin complaisance has adop- ted . Hindus speak at least twelve separate languages , distinct in vocabulary and script . More than a million of them know enough English to use it freely , and can accordingly combine for a common ...
Página 129
... Brahmin , and there are hundreds of low castes whose members refuse even Brahmin cookery ; nay more , cooked food other than sweetmeats is polluted for him by the touch - even by the shadow of any one who is not a caste - 129.
... Brahmin , and there are hundreds of low castes whose members refuse even Brahmin cookery ; nay more , cooked food other than sweetmeats is polluted for him by the touch - even by the shadow of any one who is not a caste - 129.
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