Senart, Emile <br/><br/>
Caste in India: the fact and the system 

 - Delhi  Datta  1977 
 - 220p. 
<br/><br/> This book divided into three parts-<br/><br/>PART ONE-THE PRESENT<br/>I. GENERAL IDEAS<br/>II. MARRIAGE LAWS<br/>HEREDITARY OCCUPATIONS<br/>IV. INTERCOURSE AND IMPURE CONTACT<br/>V. VARIOUS RULES; RELIGION AND CASTE<br/>VI. VII. ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION. DISINTEGRATION AND MULTIPLICATION<br/>CASTES<br/>PART TWO-THE PAST<br/>I. THE BRAHMANIC SYSTEM OF CASTES: DHARMAŚĀSTRAS AND THE EPIC .<br/>II. THE BRAHMANAS AND THE VEDIC HYMNS<br/>III. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN CLASSES AND CASTES<br/>IV. ORIGINS ACCORDING TO LEGEND. BETWEEN PRIESTS AND NOBLES.<br/>CHAPTER<br/>PART THREE-ORIGINS<br/>I. EXPLANATORY THEORIES. ISTS THE TRADITIONAL<br/>II. OCCUPATION AS THE BASIS OF CASTE. NES FIELD AND IBBETSON <br/>III. RACE AS THE BASIS OF CASTE. RISLEY<br/>IV. CASTE AND THE ÄRYAN CONSTITUTION OF THE FAMILY <br/>V.   GENESIS OF THE HINDU CASTES <br/>VI. GENERAL SURVEY: THE HINDU MIND 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social Stratification
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.5 SEN