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Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- V
Archives, Indology

Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- V

Dr Pingali Gopal- August 17, 2019

Whereas the idea of a Hindu, Vedic or Brahminical people goes back at least to the early eighteenth century, the Dravidians and the AIT are ... Read More

Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- IV
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Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- IV

Dr Pingali Gopal- August 15, 2019

Given its apparent lack of structure, what kept this religion together and prevented it from falling apart? This issue was of importance to Christian missionaries ... Read More

Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- III
Archives, Indology

Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- III

Dr Pingali Gopal- August 12, 2019

Today, the discussion on caste remains constrained by Christian theological thinking, which created the story of religion in India and its decay in the hands ... Read More

Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- I
Archives, Indology

Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- I

Dr Pingali Gopal- July 31, 2019

Balagangadhara proposes that, the caste system, the phenomenon constructed by the West, is an experiential entity only to the West and not to Indians. In ... Read More

Book Review: Western Foundations of the Caste System
Archives, Indology

Book Review: Western Foundations of the Caste System

Saumya Dey- December 29, 2018

The editors disbelieve the claim that the caste system was devised by self-serving Brahmans. How could, they ask, a small number of Brahmans be so ... Read More