Chapter II: Introduction: 1

I. RACE AND CASTE 13

II. THE LANGUAGES OF INDIA 54

III. THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA 81

BIBLIOGRAPHY 113

INDEX 115

ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE

Brāhmans (_Mirzapur district_) _Frontispiece_

I. Mahābrāhmans (_Mirzapur district_) _To face page_ 12

II. Kāyasthas—the writer caste (_Mirzapur
district_) " 24

III. Dharkārs (_Mirzapur district_) " 36

IV. Banjara women (_Mirzapur district_) " 48

V. Seoris or Savaras (_Mirzapur district_) " 60

VI. A Bhuiyār (_Mirzapur district_) " 72

VII. A Ghāsiya (_Mirzapur district_) " 84

MAPS

The Indian Empire—Distribution of Population _At end of book_

The Indian Empire—Distribution of Prevailing
Languages "