[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Caste and Race in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932) › c5.66 # Caste and Race in India c5.66 Caste and Race in India c5.66 - **Language:** English ### [c5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c5.66) In Madras there has been for ages a faction among the non-Brahmin castes dividing most of them into two groups, the right-hand castes and the left-hand castes. The "right-hand" castes claim certain privileges which they strongly refuse to those of the "left-hand", viz. riding on horse-back in processions, carrying standards with certain devices, and supporting their marriage booths on twelve pillars. They insist that the "left-hand" castes must not raise more than eleven pillars to the booth nor employ the devices on standards peculiar to the "right-hand" castes.⁴ - [Previous: c5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c5.65) - [Next: c5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c5.67) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c5.66) · Pramāṇa