'...Some historians have argued that Indian caste was a colonial invention (Boivin, 2001) in the sense that it became more rigid under colonial rule. Dirks, 2001. However, our results indicate that many current distinctions among groups are ancient and strong endogamy shaped India for thousands of years...' David Reich, 2014.
He doesn't say what kinds of distinctions he means, but presumably racial ones associated with caste status and endogamy.
The Law Code of Manu
The Law Code of Manu
The Laws of Manu – date of publication uncertain but believed to be about 200 BC - was a hybrid moral-religious-law code and one of the first written law codes of Asia. In spite of its age, it has sustained paramountcy in the Hindu culture. It was also the code of conduct for inter-caste relationships in India.
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