from the sacred to the profane Hira Singh creator text New Delhi Sage Publications 2014 monographic xix,287p. 22cm(hb) Studying caste : ideas, material conditions and history -- Priest and prince : status/power muddle -- Varna to caste : religious and economic/political -- Caste and subaltern studies : elite ideology and revisionist historiography -- Inequalities between and within castes : kin, caste and land -- Changing land relations and caste : view from a village -- Indenture, religion and caste : the twin myths about hinduism and caste. by Hira Singh Includes bibliographical references and index. Caste India History Hinduism India History 305.51220954 9788132113461 ENG-109814 DBAD/PUB 20140507122235.0