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This is a list of Indian castes:[1]

In the Indian caste system, there are numerous narrow castes defined by practice and in literature, all or most within four large caste categories: (the varnas): viz Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras.[2][3][4][5] Certain people were excluded altogether, ostracized by all other castes and treated as untouchables.[6][7]

Outside the caste system, proper, are persons excluded from the caste system: Dalits (Untouchables), Christians, Buddhists, and others. There exist 1,108 Scheduled castes identified within the Indian constitution of 1950: Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 lists 1,108 castes across 25 states in its First Schedule,[8] These are disadvantaged groups, all or mostly not castes in the sense meant here. See List of Scheduled castes for these.

List

The following is a list of notable castes:

See also

References

Citations

  1. People of India National series ; volumes 4 to 6 India's communities editor K.S. Singh Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1998 ISBN 0-19-563354-7
  2. Manu ((Lawgiver)); Manu; Patrick Olivelle (2004). The law code of Manu. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–. ISBN 978-0-19-280271-2. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. Braja Dulal Mookherjee (2002). The Essence of Bhagavad Gita. Academic Publishers. pp. 472–. ISBN 978-81-87504-40-5. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. Kingship and community in early India—Page 85, Charles Drekmeier—1962, ISBN 0-8047-0114-8
  5. Cultural Studies—Page 208, Lawrence Goodrich, ISBN 1-4496-3728-0
  6. Sadangi (2008). Emancipation of Dalits and Freedom Struggle. ISBN 978-81-8205-481-3.
  7. Christophe Jaffrelot (2006). "The Impact of Affirmative Action in India: More Political than Socioeconomic". India Review. 5 (2): 173–189. doi:10.1080/14736480600824516.
  8. Text of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, as amended
  9. Gore, M.S. Urbanization and Family Change. Popular Prakashan, 1990. p. 70. ISBN 9780861322626.
  10. William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi. History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in South Asia / Indian Subcontinent (1656-2010). Soyinfo Center, 2010. p. 758. ISBN 9781928914310.
  11. Bayly 1999, p. 320.

Sources

  • Bayly, Susan (1999), "Caste, Society and Politics in India", The New Cambridge History of India, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-79842-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)