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    thearyanshadbeentherulersandstersoftensof

    llionsofdoaintaintheelvesin

    theseatoftheghty,theyhaddividedthepopulationinto

    differentost

    rigidsorthadbeenenforcedupoives.thedesdants

    oftheindoeuropeannquerorsbelohehighest

    ``lassofethecaste

    ofthepriests.belohesefollohepeasantsandthe

    businessn.theanatives,hoalled

    pariahs,fordaiserableslavesand

    neveruldhopetobeanythingelse.

    eventhereligionofthepeopleatterofcaste.the

    oldindoeuropeans,durihousandsofyearsof

    etanystrangeadvehesehad

    beeedinabookcalledtheveda.thelanguageof

    thisbook,ahe

    differentlanguagesoftheeuropeanogreekand

    latinandrussianandgernahe

    threehighestcastesoreadtheseholyscriptures.

    thepariah,hoeerofthelocaste,

    ittedtoknoanof

    nobleorpriestlyhapariahtostudythe

    sae

    thejorityoftheindianpeople,therefore,livedin

    sery.sinverylittlejoy,salvation

    froufferingstbefoundelseriedto

    derivealittlensolatioationupontheblissof

    theirfutureexistence.

    brah,theallcreatorheindian

    peopleasthesupreruleroflifeah,wasworshipped

    asthehighestidealofperfea,to

    losealldesiresforrichesandpoost

    exaltedpurposeofexistence.holythoughtswereregarded

    asreiortantthanholydeeds,andnypeople

    intothedesertandlivedupontheleavesoftreesandstarved

    theirbodiesthattheyghtfeedtheirsoulshtheglorious

    ionofthesplendoursofbrah,thehe

    goodandtherciful.

    siddhartha,enobservedthesesolitarywanderers

    theturil

    ofthecitiesandthevillages,decidedtofollople.

    hecuthishair.hetookhispearlsandhisrubiesa

    theailyessageoffarehe

    everfaithfulacarried.houtasinglefollohe

    youngpriheothewildeess.

    soonthefaofhisholynduountains.

    fiveyoungnandaskedthattheyght

    beallo.heagreedtobe

    theirsterifthey.theyed,and

    hetookthentothehillsandforsixyearshetaughtthebr>

    allhekthelonelypeaksofthevindhyauntains.

    butattheendofthisperiodofstudy,hefeltthatheill

    farfroerfe.thehathehadleftntio

    tethihenoandthen

    hefastedforfortyninedaysandnights,sittingupos

    ofanoldtree.at