Social Change in Modern IndiaThis Volume Is A Compilation Of A Series Of Lectures Delivered By The Eminent Social Anthropologist M. N. Srinivas. These Lectures Have Been Widely Acclaimed And Have Since Been Recommended Or Prescribed As A Text For Students Of Sociology, Anthropology And Indian Studies. The Book Remains The Classic Of Social Anthropology As It Was Hailed, When First Published. |
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all-India areas Backward Classes Backward Classes Movement Banaras Bengal Beteille bhajans Bombay Brahmins British rule caste groups caste system census cent claim Cohn Coorgs culture economic elite existence Gujarat Harijans harikathas hierarchy high castes Hindu Hinduism Ibid ideas important increased Indian society instance institutions Irschick jātis Jāts Kerala Koļīs Kshatriya Kshatriya and Vaishya labourers land landowning large number lineages Lingayats locally dominant caste low castes lower castes Madras Maratha Modern India Muslim Mysore nineteenth century non-Brahmin castes norms Okkaligas Orissa Patidar peasant castes period Pocock political power pollution population pre-British prestige priest Punjab Rājpūt Rampura rank reform regarded region religion religious result ritual rulers rural sacred thread Sanskritization sect sections secularization Shūdra Singer social mobility sociologist South India status style supra note Tamil temple traditional traditionally Untouchables urban Uttar Pradesh Vaishya varna varna model Vedic village Westernization women