Universal varnas?

[Martin Gansten]

>This is something I posted in June last year and there was some discussion
>which you can lokup in the archives.

Thank you. But what I really wanted to know was whether the *four-varna
system* was thought by any classical/ancient authors to be universal in
human societies -- i.e., a *fact* everywhere, and not just an ideal (to
which non-Hindus failed to live up).

Regards,
Martin Gansten