BOOK REVIEW 77 Hindu scavenger and a Muslim one as far as their social status is concerned. The Muslim masses are as much riven by class and caste differences as the Hindu masses. But, these differences are sought to be blurred by the Muslim orthodox and the elite by magnifying the 'egalitarian5 and 'superior9 Islam in order to perpetuate their divisive communal hold on the Muslim masses. Engineer's is the most significant attempt to combat it. SHARAD PATIL ' M Habib, Politics and Society during the Early Medieval Period., vol I, pp 125 ff. 2 A Engineer, Islam—Muslims-India, p 140. 8 Ibid.,? 141. 4 Ibid., pi 30. 5 J D Singh, "Italy's Multiple Crisis", The Times of India 19 May 1976: Mr Berlinguer (the general secretary of the Communist Party of Italy (PCI) drives his wife to mass every Sunday and sends his children to Catholic schools. Inspite of the strong anti-communist attitude adopted by the Vatican, the PCI has refrained from any counter-attacks for fear of offending its Catholic members". a A Engineer, Islam" Muslims'India, p 19. 7 Ibid., p 2. 8 Ibid. e Ibid., p 9. 10 Ibid. 11 The problem of the state in India is dealt with at length in the fourteenth chapter of my as yet unpublished book, Dasa-Sudra Slavery, the Marathi translation of which is being serialized by the monthly, J^auabharat, since February 1975. 12 A Engineer, op cit., p 9. 18 Ibid. ^ Ibid.,? 7. is 7W.,pll. 16 Ibid.,?? 14-15. 17 P K Hitty, History of the Arabs, p 97. 18 /W.,pp 100-101. 1 a M Habib, op cit., p 126. 20 Ibid.,? 127. 2 l Mahabharata, II. 44.26. aa A Engineer, op cif., p 19 28 Ibid.,? 8. 2* JW.,ppll-12. 25 Ibid., pp 2- 3. 26 Ibid., pp 7-8. 27 R Briffault, The Mothers, vol III, pp 80-81. 28 Ibid.,? 79. 29 A Engineer, op cit., p 16. 30 R Briffault, op cit., pp 80-81. 8 l G Thomson, Studies in Ancient Greek Society, vol I, pp 229-230. 82 M Habib, op cit., p 127. 88 R Briffault, op cit., pp 80-81. 8A A Engineer, op cit., p 13. 85 Ibid.,p\\\. 3® Ibid., p 9. 87 M Habib, op cit., p 37.