But, as Susan Bayley, a "Subaltern" convert, puts it, "the initial premise is that even in parts of the Hindu heartland of Gangetic upper India, the institutions and beliefs which are often described as the elements of traditional caste were only taking shape as recently as the early 18 th century."
Pero como lo plantea Susan Bayley, una conversa a la escuela ``subalterna'', ``la premisa inicial es que incluso en partes del núcleo del área hindú, en la zona del Ganges superior, las instituciones y creencias que a menudo se describen como elementos de las castas tradicionales sólo adquirieron forma a principios del siglo XVIII''.