Kinship and Caste in Ancient India
FAIN: FB-12298-74
Ronald Inden
University of Chicago (Chicago, IL 60637-5418)
To examine the functions of kinship and caste in ancient India as revealed in Sanskrit text, inscriptions and coins. The study is an attempt to chart and analyze a cultural function as seen through the eyes of the people of that culture instead of composing a foreign cultural framework upon the analysis.