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Page 51
Erskine Wyse. their Indian allies were not drawn from the accepted martial clans and castes but were low caste and outcaste men who were only too glad to take the field against the high caste races that had oppressed them . Contemporary ...
Erskine Wyse. their Indian allies were not drawn from the accepted martial clans and castes but were low caste and outcaste men who were only too glad to take the field against the high caste races that had oppressed them . Contemporary ...
Page 55
... caste and outcaste Hindus . Although this material made efficient soldiers the tendency was , as the army grew and the British acquired new territories , to recruit from the higher castes . This tendency developed into a definite policy ...
... caste and outcaste Hindus . Although this material made efficient soldiers the tendency was , as the army grew and the British acquired new territories , to recruit from the higher castes . This tendency developed into a definite policy ...
Page 83
... castes there are over two thousand sub- castes . The ragged , half - starved cultivator may be well up in the social scale and some part of his poor condition may be due to caste restrictions on his diet and scope of employment . It it ...
... castes there are over two thousand sub- castes . The ragged , half - starved cultivator may be well up in the social scale and some part of his poor condition may be due to caste restrictions on his diet and scope of employment . It it ...
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