Kshatriyas and Would-be Kshatriyas
Kshatriyas and would-be Kshatriyas: a consideration of the claims of certain Hindu castes to rank with the Rájputs, the descendants of the ancient Kshatriyas was written by Kumar Cheda Singh Varma advocate at the Allahabad High Court. It was published in Allahabad at Pioneer Press in 1904. A Hindi translation, "Kshatriya aur Kitram Kshatriya" was made by Kumar Rupa Sinha and published in Agra at the Rajput Anglo-Oriental Press in 1907. Concept. The introduction to the book explains that it was written to examine the expressions of caste politics and Sanskritisation, which had  become particularly notable following the 1901 census of India, which had attempted to classify the population into the four "varna" (ranks in the ritual social hierarchy) of Hinduism. Reception. Statements of appreciation of Varma's work are stated in Gabrielle Festing's "From the land of princes" and the 1912 "Journal of the Royal Society of Arts".