[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Caste in India: The Facts and the System](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896) › c2 # Caste in India: The Facts and the System c2: Contents Caste in India: The Facts and the System c2 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [c2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c2.1) CHAPTER | PAGE --- | --- TRANSLATOR'S NOTE | vii AUTHOR'S NOTE | ix INTRODUCTION | xi ### [c2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c2.2) PART ONE—THE PRESENT ### [c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c2.3) I. GENERAL IDEAS | 8 II. MARRIAGE LAWS | 21 III. HEREDITARY OCCUPATIONS | 33 IV. INTERCOURSE AND IMPURE CONTACT | 38 V. VARIOUS RULES ; RELIGION AND CASTE | 46 VI. ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION | 60 VII. DISINTEGRATION AND MULTIPLICATION OF CASTES | 74 ### [c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c2.4) PART TWO—THE PAST ### [c2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c2.5) I. THE BRAHMANIC SYSTEM OF CASTES : THE DHARMAŚĀSTRAS AND THE EPIC | 90 II. THE BRĀHMAṆAS AND THE VEDIC HYMNS | 109 III. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE SYSTEM, CLASSES AND CASTES | 120 IV. ORIGINS ACCORDING TO LEGEND. RIVALRIES BETWEEN PRIESTS AND NOBLES | 136 ### [c2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c2.6) PART THREE—ORIGINS ### [c2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c2.7) | CHAPTER | | PAGE | | I. | EXPLANATORY THEORIES. THE TRADITIONALISTS . . . . . . | 148 | | II. | OCCUPATION AS THE BASIS OF CASTE. NESFIELD AND IBBETSON . . . | 156 | | III. | RACE AS THE BASIS OF CASTE. RISLEY . | 169 | | IV. | CASTE AND THE ĀRYAN CONSTITUTION OF THE FAMILY . . . . . | 175 | | V. | GENESIS OF THE HINDU CASTES . . | 188 | | VI. | GENERAL SURVEY : THE CASTE SYSTEM AND THE HINDU MIND . . . . | 207 | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c2) · Pramāṇa