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Art. II.—Remarks on the School System of the Hindús

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

Henry Harkness
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The following remarks refer more particularly to the Southern Peninsula of India; but they may perhaps be considered to apply equally, with regard to her ancient institutions of this nature, to India in general; as the Southern Peninsula has undergone, comparatively, but little change from foreign conquest and domination.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1834 , pp. 15 - 19
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References

* The four tribes or castes are, the Bráhmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Súdras. All without this pale are considered impure; and among these are included Europeans, and all other foreigners.

* Volume VII. page 345.

* Lowkíka; lit. “a man of the world:” Vaidíka, “a man of learning or science.”