"This evidence from the Zenda Avesta as to the meaning of the word Varna leaves no doubt that it originally meant a cl…"

"The true conclusion to be drawn from the Rig Veda is not that the Varna system did not exist, but that there were onl…"

"What is the difference between Caste and Varna as understood by the Mahatma? I find none. As defined by the Mahatma, …"

"It has, at any rate, been an extremely consequential mistake. That white Aryan invaders defeated black aboriginal res…"

"In my opinion, the semantic development has passed through varna, "colour", in the sense of "one in a spectrum", with…"

"[Trautmann likewise points out that there is no contextual evidence supporting the nontraditional interpretation of v…"

"G.C. Pande, the noted Sanskrit scholar, says that only the Dharmashastra in the post-Vedic period started to pervert …"

"Discussing the early Vedic period, V.M. Apte says that the Rig Veda refers to the varnas in a way that cannot be cons…"

"The case for color as a dominant factor in the development of caste was not supported by the evidence of historical l…"

"In that connection, the reading of varna, ‘colour, social class’, as referring to skin colour, was upheld as proof of…"