Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . differentfrom what we would have discovered inthe sixteenth century, and the latter inturn would be equally distinct from theaspects discovered in the sixth art of China is said to have no per-spective. The Chinese drawings andpaintings are all made as though the ob-jects delineated had been viewed fromabove instead of horizontally. The insti-tutions of India have this fixed expres-sion. They are as if
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . differentfrom what we would have discovered inthe sixteenth century, and the latter inturn would be equally distinct from theaspects discovered in the sixth art of China is said to have no per-spective. The Chinese drawings andpaintings are all made as though the ob-jects delineated had been viewed fromabove instead of horizontally. The insti-tutions of India have this fixed expres-sion. They are as if sketched fromabove, and the forms of things have noconverging lines behind them. Since the beginning of European ascendency in India, however, the im- . „ pact of Western influence Western influ-ence begins to upon the crystalized in- prevail in India. ,.. .. r ,, stitutions of the countryhave scattered the germs of is a slight relaxation even ofcaste. The Brahmans themselves haveseparated somewhat into higher and lower orders, and in some instanceshave engaged in secular is not unusual to find a Brahman inthe military service of the empire, and. THE PARIAH DJONGAL OF SARGUJA— by Emile Bayard. in some parts of the country what arcknown as plow Brahmans, or agricul-turists, are found. Though engaged inthe pursuits of the field and garden,these members of the Brahmanical order 750 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. still hold fast to their old distinctions,wear the Brahmans thread, and claimand receive recognition as belonging tothe highest caste. The subsidence of the Kshatriyas, orat least the subsiding tendency amongthem into industrial pursuits, is still moreTendency marked. It can hardly be SSofcaste ^id that the Pariahs aredistinction. now a caste separate from the Sudras. They are rather a lowerclass of Sudras than a distinct changes, noticeable by the closeobserver in recent times, are exceedinglyslow, and are made against th
Size: 1066px × 2345px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksub, booksubjectworldhistory
