[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) › c3.3 # Caste in India: The Facts and the System c3.3 Caste in India: The Facts and the System c3.3 - **Language:** English ### [c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c3.3) That I should have undertaken this task at all is due mainly to my desire to pay a tribute to a very great French scholar and a valued friend of long standing. If further justification be needed I would claim that fourteen years' residence in Bengal has at least given me some first-hand acquaintance with the workings of the caste system in general. - [Previous: c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c3.2) - [Next: c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c3.4) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.senart-1896.c3.3) · Pramāṇa