Mukkuvar Vannimai: Tamil Caste and Matriclan Ideology in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Dennis B. McGilvray · Cambridge University Press / Caste Ideology and Interaction (1982)

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Tier-A peer-reviewed treatment of the Batticaloa Mukkuva caste system and its matriclan ideology, providing the social-historical anchor for Mukkuva Law's 1707 codification.

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