Caste and kin in Nepal, India and Ceylon
Subtitle: anthropological studies in Hindu-Buddhist contact zones
By: Edited by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
Publisher: Asia Publishing House
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Bombay; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Caste
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Introduction, by C. von Furer-Haimendorf.; title: Unity and diversity in the Chetri caste of Nepal, by C. von Furer-Haimendorf.; title: Social mobility in the Newar caste system, by C. Rosser.; title: Caste concepts and status distinctions in Buddhist communities of Wester Nepal , by C. von Furer-Haimendorf.; title: Tribe-caste mobility in India and the case of Kumanon Bhotias, by R.P. Srivastava.; title: A plural society in Sikkim; title: a study of the interelations of Lepchas, Bhotias and Nepalis, by Chie Nakane.; title: Polyandry in Ceylon; title: with special reference to the Laggala region, by S.J. Tambiah.