Government of IndiaA Compendium of the Castes and Tribes Found in India
Author: Kitts, Eustace J.
Keywords: Castes, Tribes, Census, Colonial History, Colonial India, Anthropology, Sociology, Occupation
Publisher: Education Society's Press, Bombay
Description: This is a compilation of the castes and tribes of Colonial India based on the census reports of 1881. After an introduction to the book, the text itself is divided into sections listing important castes and tribes, small castes and tribes, and synonyms and sub-divisions of these castes and tribes. The following section arranges these castes and tribes by numerical strength, occupations and linguistic features, and gives a distribution of the large castes and tribes. The purpose of the book was to give a bird’s eye view of the caste system in India as well as to understand its complexity.
Source: Central Secretariat Library
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Kitts, Eustace J. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-23T13:44:52Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-23T13:44:52Z |
| dc.description | This is a compilation of the castes and tribes of Colonial India based on the census reports of 1881. After an introduction to the book, the text itself is divided into sections listing important castes and tribes, small castes and tribes, and synonyms and sub-divisions of these castes and tribes. The following section arranges these castes and tribes by numerical strength, occupations and linguistic features, and gives a distribution of the large castes and tribes. The purpose of the book was to give a bird’s eye view of the caste system in India as well as to understand its complexity. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xi, 90p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Education Society's Press, Bombay |
| dc.subject | Castes, Tribes, Census, Colonial History, Colonial India, Anthropology, Sociology, Occupation |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1885 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-001736 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Kitts, Eustace J. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-23T13:44:52Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-23T13:44:52Z |
| dc.description | This is a compilation of the castes and tribes of Colonial India based on the census reports of 1881. After an introduction to the book, the text itself is divided into sections listing important castes and tribes, small castes and tribes, and synonyms and sub-divisions of these castes and tribes. The following section arranges these castes and tribes by numerical strength, occupations and linguistic features, and gives a distribution of the large castes and tribes. The purpose of the book was to give a bird’s eye view of the caste system in India as well as to understand its complexity. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xi, 90p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Education Society's Press, Bombay |
| dc.subject | Castes, Tribes, Census, Colonial History, Colonial India, Anthropology, Sociology, Occupation |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1885 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-001736 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
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