Caste and Race in IndiaCaste and Race in India Caste is perhaps the most dominant aspect of Indian society and Its study is incomplete without getting into the ramifications of the Hindu caste system. Caste and Race in India, since its first publication in the History of Civilization series, edited by C. K Ogden in 1932, has remained a basic work for students of Indian sociology and anthropology. Over the years, this book has been highly acclaimed by teachers and revlewers alike, asa sociological classic. |
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Features of the Caste System | 1 |
Nature of CasteGroups | 31 |
Caste Through the AgesI | 43 |
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according appears Article artisans Aryans backward classes Baudhāyana Bengal Bihar Bombay Brahmin called caste system Census cent century A.D. cephalic cephalic index Chamar Chandalas culture Deshasth Dist district divisions Dravidian endogamy exogamy fact female formed further Gautama Ghurye gotra Government groups Gujarat higher castes Hindu Hindu society hypergamy Ibid Indo-Aryan jāti Karve Kayasth king kinship known Kshatriya Kunbis Kurmi large number later lower castes Madras Mahābhārata Mahār Maharashtra male Manu Maratha Maravans marriage marry mentioned mother's father nasal index non-Brahmin observes occupation one's origin Pallans Paraiyans persons political population practice pravara priest Punjab Rajputs reference regarded region religious Report restrictions Risley rule Sanskrit Saraswat Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Shānāns Shudra social status sub-castes sub-divisions surnames Tamil Tamilian Tamilnad Tanjore temple thousand Tinnevelly tion unions United Provinces untouchables Uttar Pradesh Vaishya varna Vasishtha Vedic Vellalas village Yajnavalkya