Origins of Caste System in Ancient India

Jo Kirkpatrick jkirk at MICRON.NET
Fri Mar 20 21:49:56 UTC 1998


I venture to say that the source of the attribution quoted below is
questionable, an example of unscholarly interpretation, especially as
this motif is found in folklore in many parts of the world. "Had it not
been so, it need not have been incorporated..." is a non seq.
Joanna Kirkpatrick
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S. Palaniappan quoted from a website:
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This story is a fableised recollection of cannibalism amongst the
Aryans. Had it not been so it need not have been incorporated into a
legend that was supposed to be believed by lay people."
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