'The Bedias are Rajputs': Caste consciousness of a marginal community

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 221-246

  Agrawal, Anuja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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EID: 34247652787     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670403800109     Document Type: Article

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