Chapter 4 entitled ‘Social Stratification in Ancient India’ again discusses the evolution of varn a and jāti system in various periods of Indian history beginning with the Indus Valley or Harappa Culture repeating the conclusion that it was in the later Vedic period that caste and untouchability evolved. The social acceptability of untouchability caught up through the centuries and even the term aspr sya came to be applied to the low caste people. The last two chapters, namely ‘Social Content of the Bhāgavadgīta’ and ‘Ashoka’s Dhamma in Historical Perspective’ are hardly related to the subject of caste and untouchability, which the author tries to discuss in historical perspective. The criticism of Dr D.N. Jha appears uncharitable and smacks prejudice. The endnotes bear evidence to the extensive research that has gone into the making of this book.

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书评：乔蒂·莫汉，声称印度：法国学者和十九世纪的印度来说，当务之急

题为“社会分层古印度的”第4章再次讨论varn一个在印度历史上的各个时期与印度河流域或哈拉巴文化重复结论是，在后期吠陀时期开始演化和加提系统，种姓和贱民进化了。几个世纪以来，贱民的社会接受度一直在追赶，甚至 aspr sya 一词也开始应用于低种姓人群。最后两章，即和“阿育王的佛法的历史透视”“社会的薄伽梵歌的内容”几乎不与种姓贱民和的主题，作者试图从历史的角度来讨论它。DN贾医生的批评显得无情和嫌偏见。