Hair samples from two hundred individuals (One hundred from each caste) belonging to Brahmin and Rajput castes of Punjab ranging from 10-70 years were studied for their medulla types. Medulla has been classified as Absent, Fragmented, Discontinuous, and Continuous types. The results shows that ...
This Varna or caste falls third on the social ladder. The people in this caste were all traders, farmers, and other professionals who worked for a living. Only the Vaishyas and Kshatriyas were entitled to do rituals and make sacrifices under the guidance of the Brahmins. Shudras This caste...
The forms of stratification is not uniform in all the societies. In the modern world class, caste and estate are the general forms of stratification. In India a special type of stratification in the form of caste is found. The ancient Aryas were divided into four varnas: ...
摘要: Data are presented on the ABO and LH blood types in Kachchi, a scheduled caste of Madhya Pradesh. India. The results indicate no significant differences in the distribution of both these blood markers when compared with the Brahmins of the same area....
to a Tamil legend, the temple is situated at a place where King Rama prayed to Shiva after committing the worst crime according to Hindu Dharma, namely Brahmahasti, the killing of a priest, because Ravana who had to be killed by Rama in order to liberate Sita, was of Brahmin caste. Ra...
Varna endogamy is another type of endogamous marriage. In the traditional Indian Society we found the existence of four varnas such as Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya and Sudra. In varna endogamy the choice of mate is restricted to one’s own varna only. ...
This follows from studies on Punjabis (Daveau et al., 1980), higher and lower caste Hindus from Northwest India (Schanfield and Kirk, 1981), upper-caste Hindus from Bengal (Ray and Field, 1981), Sikhs (Field et al., 1988), and Brahmins, Kalitas, Kaibartas, and Muslims from Assam...
Data are presented on the ABO and LH blood types in Kachchi, a scheduled caste of Madhya Pradesh. India. The results indicate no significant differences in the distribution of both these blood markers when compared with the Brahmins of the same area....
On the contrary, this haplotype is probably absent in the high caste groups, Rarhi Brahmin and Vaidya, and is relatively infrequent in Jalia Kaibarta, a scheduled caste of the south-western part of the state. The Km1 allele is also high in frequency among Rajbanshi, Rabha, Garo and Munda...