Social Order in Northwest India at the Time of Gurū Nānak
Al-Bīrūnī, in his early 11th-century Tārīḫ al-Hind (History of India), observed that there were four varṇas (castes; Punj. varaṇs) among the Hindus: Brahmans, Kṣatriyas…
Al-Bīrūnī, in his early 11th-century Tārīḫ al-Hind (History of India), observed that there were four varṇas (castes; Punj. varaṇs) among the Hindus: Brahmans, Kṣatriyas…