Brief View of the Caste System of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh: Together with an Examination of the Names and Figures Shown in the Census Report, 1882, Being an Attempt to Classify on a Functional Basis All the Main Castes of the United Provinces, and to Explain Their Gradations of Rank and the Process of Their Formation. 28th February, 1885 |
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aboriginal Agrahari agricultural castes Ahír amongst ancient artisan castes Aryan astrologer Barhai become Benares Bhangi Bhunja blood Brah Brahman Brahman caste called casteless tribes castes named cattle-grazer census census report ceremony Chamár Chattri clans classes creed deity derived descended diksha distinct existence fact families fishing formed function Gaur Goshayen gotra hence hereditary Hindu Hindu castes Hinduism Hindustan Hotri hunting Indian castes indigenous industry Jainism Jains Játs Joshi Jyotishi Kahár Kaithi Káli Kanjars Kathak Kayasth kind Kori Kshatriya Kurmi lowest Mahá-Brahman Manu's Code marriage Muhammadan occupation offering Ojha origin Oudh Pandá pastoral castes Páthak performed persons practise present day priest priestly purohit race Rajput rank religious orders respectable rites rule sacred sacrifice Sanskrit savage sect separate castes Shiva Shivite social scale sprung stage status sub-castes Sudra temple trading castes twice-born Upper India Vaisya Veda Vedic age village Vishnu Vishnuite warrior worship