Caste and Race in India c22.29

c22.29

Pāṇḍavas, 81 Pandharpesha, 10 Pāṇini's grammar, 13 Paniyan, caste, 115 Panka, tribe, 30, 37 Paraiyan, caste, 10, 11, 27 Parāśara, Smṛti, 30, 91, 92 Paruśava brothers, 91 Paraśurāma, destruction of Kshatriyas, by, 50, 63, 64, 91, 92 Pardhans, caste, 34, 38 Pardhi, caste, 39 Pariah, caste, 30 Parsis, 156 Parvati temple, 159 Paschatya Vaidika Brahmin, cephalic index of, 107; nasal index of, 107 Pasi, tribe, 29, 106, 107, 109, 116 Patel, V. J., efforts to liberalize marriage law, 153 Pattanulkaran, caste, 29 Puttusalins, caste, 98 Putva, caste, 29 Pulkasa, origin of, 47, 48 Peake, H. J. E., on appearance of Nordics in Asia Minor, 122 Peel, Lord, 163 Persians, 173 Peshwas, diaries of, 12, 25; rule of, 11, 12, 13, 14 Petrie, Sir W. M. Flinders, on social situation in Egypt, 124 Phooley, Jyotirao, revolt against caste, 165, 166, 171 Pod, caste, 109, 120 Pollution by touch, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 73, 89, 95, 106, 174, etc. Polyandry, 21 Potter, caste, 12, 25, 26, 32, 36, 38, 47, 76 Prabhu, Kayasth Prabhu: prohibition of drinks, 5; protest against certain caste-restrictions, 178; right of Vedic rituals, 13, 14 Prarthana Samaj, contrast with Arya Samaj, 165 Pratiloma castes, 50 Pravāhaṇa Jaibāli, philosopher-king, 115 Pre-Dravidian type, 115, 116, 117, 119, 122, 123 Ptolemies, 125 Pulayan, caste, 9 Pulkssa, 61 Purāṇas, 85 Puranic ritual, 13, 85, 95, 167 Purusha-sūkta hymn, four orders of society in, 40 Pyramid age, 124