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