_student_ was sufficient reason for them to provide for her. _India is the only country in the world where poets and priests never starve._ 2. _Khashatriyas_ or the royal and military class were the rulers of the country, and their duty was to protect the other classes. The Khashatriyas constituted the knightly caste of India. They were brave and chivalrous. The enjoyment of the senses and of pleasures subject to such laws as may protect the weak from the strong were the legitimate rewards of this class. Many a deed of extreme heroism committed by this class under the noble impulse to protect justice or to serve Cupid is related in the epic history of India. “Chivalry taught them the lessons of gaiety and enjoyment. They learned to admire and desire beauty. Unlike the austere ascetic Brahmans, passion and pleasure in the company of woman was sought by the gallant suitors of the warrior class. Women were often objects of jealousy, and they always exercised great power through their beauty and charm. Fine, full-blooded creatures they were, who knew how to get and give love. Both men and women loved superbly and passionately. Their passions were strong and consuming and their thirst for love great.” Theirs was a love about which a poet sung: “_Give me your love for a day,_ _A night, an hour;_ _If the wages of sin are death,_ _I am willing to pay._ _Oh! Aziza, whom I adore,_ _Aziza, my one delight,_ _Only one night--I will die before day,_ _And trouble your life no more._” (LAWRENCE HOPE.)[28]