Caste system in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Indian caste system describes the social stratification and social restrictions in the Indian subcontinent, in which social classes are defined by thousands of endogamous hereditary groups, ofte...
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Endogamy has been a strong influence on Hindu society over the centuries and most of the 75,000 subcastes or subgroups of India's complex social stratification system practise endogamy, while the further divisions within these subcastes, called gotras, are required to marry exogamously.
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csi.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/50/6/853
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The petitioning organization is the present-day successor to an organization which formed in the early 1960's under the name Houma Indians of Louisiana, ... Membership criteria in effect today were put in place in 1983. They require an individual to be able to ... The UHN presented a membership list containing 17,616 members.
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www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~laterreb/houmaindians.htm
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~laterreb/houmaindians.htm
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There are literally thousands of subcastes in India, often with particular geographical ranges and an administrative ... I am not aware that forest dwelling is still practiced in the traditional way. The modern alternatives seem to consist of the more stark opposition between householding and becoming a wandering ascetic.
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www.indhistory.com/india-caste-system.html
www.indhistory.com/india-caste-system.html
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But regarding the peoples of India the law of exogamy is a positive injunction even today. Indian society still savours of the clan system, ... Important as he is to the group, endogamy is still more important, and the solution must assure both these ends. Under these circumstances he may be forced or I should say induced,
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www.ambedkar.org/ambcd/01.Caste%20in%20India.htm
www.ambedkar.org/ambcd/01.Caste%20in%20India.htm
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Hinduism as it is identified today has existed in India for over 4000 years; in the past it had spread to the rest of South-East Asia and Indonesia, although Hinduism is practiced outside India today only in the island of Bali.
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www.conservapedia.com/India
www.conservapedia.com/India
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For some time it has been known that endogamy, which is still widely practised in the Middle East, Turkey and Pakistan, can increase the possibility of genetic defects through hereditariness. Science has argued that the practice of intermarriage, especially of cousins, should cease to ensure healthy offspring.
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www.gulfnews.com/opinion/editorial_opinion/world/102283...
www.gulfnews.com/opinion/editorial_opinion/world/10228317.html
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There are literally thousands of subcastes in India, ... I am not aware that forest dwelling is still practiced in the traditional way. The modern alternatives seem to consist of the more stark opposition between householding and becoming a wandering ascetic. Nevertheless, forest dwelling is an institution that doesn't...
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www.friesian.com/caste.htm
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Hyderabad, India, by analyzing patterns of endogamous and exogamous ..... the modern administrative class, and the founding family still headed the kin ... vocated and practiced by "modernizing" men among the Kayasths of higher socio- ...
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www.jstor.org/stable/643682
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