The mixed castes.

The village menials.
But though among the four classical castes it was possible for the descendants of mixed unions between fathers of higher and mothers of lower caste to be admitted into their father's caste, this would not have been the general rule.

Such connections were very frequent and the Hindu classics account through them for the multiplication of castes.

Long lists are given of new castes formed by the children of mixed marriages.

The details of these genealogies seem to be destitute of any probability, and perhaps, therefore, instances of them are unnecessary.