GODS , KINGS AND THE CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA & OTHER ESSAYS Hardcover

• by L.K MAHAPATRA (Author)

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ AMADEUS PRESS (1 January 2010)

• Language ‏ : ‎ English

• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India

"Although influenced from outside , the development in Orissa during the early centuries A.D. is characterized by a territorial segmentation and a political development " from below ". To students of history of Orissa , this feature is well known through a number of rather confusing names of various small kingdoms and principalities scattered along the cost of the Bay of Bengal and in the hilly hinterland.." "That the caste system in India is not purely a secular social order , but that religious values rites , gods , and goddesses are important in it , has been known for a long time. We need only mention the well-known fact that cults of specific deities are associated with specific castes irrespective of status in the caste hierarchy.." "The overwhelming number of villages are multi-ethnic, comprising a number of Hindu castes, Scheduled castes , and may be , some Scheduled Tribes as well. In some village in the plains districts there are some Muslim or Christian households , too. But in the hills, in some areas as in Phulbani , Ganjam and Sundargarh districts , there may be Christianized Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes in good number in villages.."