• Dr. POOJA PRASHAR

The one-caste society of the Kita age is the mythicised version of the tribal herd bound by ties of kingship and tribal discipline. Men were governed by tribal rules of hunting and war. Tribal wars were fought to extermination. In course of time human labour was replaced by animal labour. Cattle-produce and animal labour yielded a surplus of wealth. It was possible to feed and use men and women captured in tribal feuds. The animal was yoked to the plough and the captive alien harnessed behind. Like animal man became booty of plunder and an article of use. This is how slavery came, the two-caste society, social laws and fusion of tribal blood. When Aryan and non-Aryan tribes settled down and commingled, the tradition of uni-caste society gave way to the bi-caste society of Deva (gods) and Asura (demons) or the Arya and Dasa (master and slave). It was not the result of disintegration of the original vish but was produced by the impact of the hostile aboriginals who were admitted as slaves and wage-earners (bhctaka) within the Aryan society. The masters and the slaves became two castes or varnas (color). The white-skinned and the dark-skinned as they are labeled in the Agveda. Brahamas were the upper most caste in caste system of India and their position was not different in the society of Kashmir. Through this research paper there position in ancient kashmir will be highlighted.

BRAHAMANIC CASTE PORTRAYAL IN THE ANCIENT LITERATURES OF KASHMIR

"BRAHAMANIC CASTE PORTRAYAL IN THE ANCIENT LITERATURES OF KASHMIR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 4, page no.763-770, April-2015, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701520.pdf

"BRAHAMANIC CASTE PORTRAYAL IN THE ANCIENT LITERATURES OF KASHMIR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 4, page no. pp763-770, April-2015, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701520.pdf