Recasting caste :
Singh, Hira
Recasting caste : from the sacred to the profane / Hira Singh. - xix, 287 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index.
TB1296/3
Rs.945/-
Studying caste : ideas, material conditions and history -- Priest and prince : status/power muddle -- Varna to caste : religious and economic/political -- Caste and subaltern studies : elite ideology and revisionist historiography -- Inequalities between and within castes : kin, caste and land -- Changing land relations and caste : view from a village -- Indenture, religion and caste : the twin myths about hinduism and caste.
9788132113461 (hardback : alk. paper)
Caste--History.--India
Hinduism
305.5122 SIN
Recasting caste : from the sacred to the profane / Hira Singh. - xix, 287 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index.
TB1296/3
Rs.945/-
Studying caste : ideas, material conditions and history -- Priest and prince : status/power muddle -- Varna to caste : religious and economic/political -- Caste and subaltern studies : elite ideology and revisionist historiography -- Inequalities between and within castes : kin, caste and land -- Changing land relations and caste : view from a village -- Indenture, religion and caste : the twin myths about hinduism and caste.
9788132113461 (hardback : alk. paper)
Caste--History.--India
Hinduism
305.5122 SIN