Caste and Race in India c22.2

c22.2

Babhan, caste, 109 Bachgoti, caste, 100 Badaga, caste, 110, 119 Bagdi, caste, 120 Bagri, caste, 100 Bahuliya, Baheliya, caste, 5, 120 Bahurupi, caste, 90 Baines, Sir A., 1, 17, 32 Baligas, caste, 96 Bālisikas, caste, 70 Bāṇa, Pāraśava brothers of, 91 Bania: caste, divisions and sub-divisions of, 18, 19, 100; occupational nature of, 28; territorial subcastes of, 32; nasal index of, 109 Bansphor, caste, 8, 29 Bant, caste, 110, 121 Baoriya, caste, 100 Barai, caste, endogamous sub-divisions of, 31, 32 Barbosa, Duarte, on castes in Malabar, 99 Barber: caste, 10, 25, 26, 76; as match-maker and marriage priest, 26 Barhai, caste, seven subcastes of, 21, 22 Bari, caste, 20 Basor, caste, 8, 33, 37 Basu, B. N., efforts to liberalize marriage law, 153 Baudhāyana, Dharma Sūtra, 70, 71, 73, 77, 78 Bauri, caste, 109, 110 Bedar, caste, 110 Bengali Brahmin, 120, 121; subcastes of, 31 Berad, caste, subcastes of, 37 Bhadralok, 19 Bhagavadgītā, Gītā: assurance of salvation to Vaiśya and Śūdra, 59; duties and functions of four castes, 61, 62 Bhandari, caste, 2, 5, 30 Bhangi, caste, 8, 30 Bhatia, caste, ethnic origin of, 20 Bhil, tribe, 20, 31, 89, 100, 122 Bhilala, caste, 20 Bhishma, discipleship of Paraśurāma, 64 Bhotia, caste, 120 Bhuiya, caste, 109