• Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India
• Remembered Villages: Dominant caste
• Social Change in Modern India: Westernization

• Perspective (Micro Analysis)
• Methodology (field view)

Sanskritazation→ Global Sanskritization

Westernisation

Dominant caste

Difference with

Introduction

In order to challenge the dominant indological views on caste system MN Srinivasan presented

1. Used field view rather than indological views

2. Vertical solidarity → Jajmani system

3. Focused more on cultural changes

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Criticism of Western View

Difference between Caste & Varna & its Utility

Changes in the Caste system & Indian Society