By: William Henricks Wiser
Price: $4.50
Publisher:
New Delhi, India, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.: 1988
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 033270
ISBN: 8121500532
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: New
The Hindu Jajmani System was first published in 1936. To this day it remains the most standard and only work which deals with the Jajmani system. It defines the role of the caste in the economic life of a village community. The author describes the functions assigned by Manu to various castes and how these caste groups interact with each other in the production of goods and services needed by the village community and they try at the same time to function within the framework fixed by Manu despite the social, economic and political changes during centuries. The impact of economic development t...
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