Caste in Tamil Culture: The Religious Foundations of Sudra Domination in Tamil Sri Lanka

Bryan Pfaffenberger · Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University — Foreign and Comparative Studies / South Asian Series No. 7 (1982); South Asian distribution Vikas Publishing House

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Foundational Tier-A monograph on the religious-economic foundations of Vellalar Sudra-dominance and Panchamar exclusion in Jaffna. Anchors Dossiers 13, 14 and the Patterns ring.

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