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# Caste and Race in India

Features of caste; caste in Vedic, Brāhmaṇa, sūtra, smṛti periods; race and caste with anthropometric data; origins; caste under British rule.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [G. S. Ghurye](https://indike.org/pramana/person/ghurye-gs)
- **Extent:** 1,218 passages, 83,717 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., London: Kegan Paul 1932; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by… · In copyright (G. S. Ghurye †1983); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c1) — 20 parts
- [c2 Caste and Race in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c2) — 3 parts
- [c3 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c3) — 2 parts
- [c4 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c4) — 5 parts
- [c5 Chapter I. Features of the Caste System](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c5) — 141 parts
- [c6 Chapter II. Nature of Caste-Groups](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c6) — 45 parts
- [c7 Chapter III. Caste Through the Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c7) — 155 parts
- [c8 Chapter IV. Caste Through the Ages (Continued)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c8) — 232 parts
- [c9 Chapter V. Race and Caste](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c9) — 135 parts
- [c10 Chapter VI. Elements of Caste Outside India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c10) — 122 parts
- [c11 Chapter VII. Origins of Caste](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c11) — 23 parts
- [c12 Chapter VIII. Caste: Recent and Contemporary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c12) — 120 parts
- [c13 Chapter IX. Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c13) — 15 parts
- [c14 Appendix A. Punjab](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c14) — 1 part
- [c15 Appendix B. United Provinces of Agra and Oudh](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c15) — 1 part
- [c16 Appendix C. Bihar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c16) — 1 part
- [c17 Appendix D. Bengal](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c17) — 1 part
- [c18 Appendix E. Bombay](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c18) — 1 part
- [c19 Appendix F. Madras](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c19) — 1 part
- [c20 Appendix G. Differential Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c20) — 9 parts
- [c21 Bibliographical Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c21) — 3 parts
- [c22 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghurye-1932.c22) — 168 parts

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