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Caste: origin, function and dimension of change
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by Jaiswal, Suvira
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ISBN: 9788173043345Manohar Publishers & Distributors, New DelhiPub. Year: 2005Pages, ills, maps etc., Reprintof 1998: xii,278p., bibl, ind., 23cm. RS. 250.00 Hardcover
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 | Other books written / edited by: Jaiswal Suvira |  | The work provides a critique of the current theories of caste system which locate its essence in endogamy and argues that the present morphology of caste is the result of the changes the institution has undergone over centuries of its existence, but its origins are embedded in the ecology of the Vedic cattle-keepers. | Other books related to subject/s:  History: Social |
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