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Definition of Castes
1. caste [n] - See also: caste
Lexicographical Neighbors of Castes
Literary usage of Castes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"Their pretensions are supposed to have given rise to the great division of castes
in Madras, into the ' Right-hand,' or the cultivating and trading castes ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Thus, amongst agricultural castes, those engaged in vegetable-growing or ...
as revealing itself " in the facts that particular castes are supposed to be ..."
3. The Theory of the State by Johann Caspar Bluntschli, David George Ritchie, Percy Ewing Matheson, Richard Lodge (1885)
"The origin of castes in differ- ences of Kace or of Religion. The higher kind of
marriage presupposes equality of birth: but a man of higher Caste may marry ..."
4. Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "Untouchables" by Smita Narula (1999)
"The claims of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, as per Article 335, shall
also be taken into consideration, consistent with maintaining efficiency of ..."
5. Lectures on Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Taking of by Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Marcus von Niebuhr (1852)
"The Egyptian division into castes is very ancient, and certainly shows that ...
Wherever there are castes, they are the consequence of foreign conquest and ..."
6. A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule by Pramatha Náth Bose (1894)
"They were strictly speaking sub-castes of the great Aryan caste of the Rigvedic
period. They enjoyed many privileges in common as distinguished from the ..."
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