The Distribution of Selected Castes in the North Indian Plain

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4489592
AutoresJoseph E Schwartzberg (autor de correspondencia)
Año1965
Volumen55
Número4
Páginas477
Fecha de publicación1965-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/212410
OpenAlexW2325194502
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

IT HE institution of caste, as a steadily mounting body of social-science literature attests, retains a fundamental role in contributing to the character of Indian rural society.2 Despite the gradual weakening of the caste system in an urban setting, it continues to exert a major influence in shaping the lives of the nation's 375 million villagers, including a large number of Sikhs, Muslims, and Christians, to whom caste is theoretically anathema.3 Birth into a particular caste, be it high or low, is the cardinal element of one's karma-that is, reward or punishment for deeds performed in previous earthly existences. In the Indian view, which regards reincarnation as axiomatic, karma is both just and immutable. To play one's proper role in

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