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Annihilation of Caste (Ambedkar)

Annihilation of Caste is B.R. Ambedkar's 1936 undelivered address arguing that…

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Caste and Class Relationship

The caste and class relationship describes how India's ritual hierarchy of…

Caste as Closed Stratification

Caste is a closed system of social stratification in which membership is…

Caste Census

A caste census is the systematic enumeration of a population by caste identity…

Caste-Based Mobilisation

Caste-based mobilisation is the organised aggregation of caste groups into…

Casteism

Casteism is the practice of social discrimination, prejudice, and hierarchical…

Census of India 1881

The Census of India 1881 was the first synchronous, empire-wide enumeration of…

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De-Sanskritisation

De-Sanskritisation is the process by which lower castes or groups abandon…

Dominant Caste

A dominant caste is a caste that holds preponderant numerical strength,…

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Endogamy

Endogamy is the social rule requiring marriage within a defined group such as a…

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Homo Hierarchicus (Louis Dumont)

Homo Hierarchicus is Louis Dumont's 1966 structuralist theory holding that the…

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Jati

Jati is the endogamous, occupation-linked local kinship group that constitutes…

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Khap Panchayat

A khap panchayat is an unelected caste- or clan-based assembly of village…

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Mandal Commission and Caste-Based Reservation

The Mandal Commission was India's Second Backwards Classes Commission whose…

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Purity and Pollution

Purity and pollution is the ritual principle ranking Hindu castes by inherited…

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Varna System

The varna system is the fourfold hierarchical division of ancient Indian…

Varna-Jati Distinction

The varna–jati distinction differentiates the four scriptural ritual classes of…