UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2013 · Q3(c) · 15 marks
“The varna concept may always have been largely a theoretical model and never an actual description of society.“ Comment in the context of Ancient India.
- Chapter
- Post-Mauryan Period (Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Kushanas, Western Kshatrapas)
- Topic
- Society, Varna and Status of Women
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