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Distinguish between : Tribe and Caste.

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  • Tribal Communities in India

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Hindu tradition itself drew the line, between jana in the hills and forests and jati in villages and towns. Sociologically the two are rival modes of organising one agrarian field — segmentary kinship and direct access to land against ritual hierarchy and hereditary interdependence. The contrast is real, but of poles, not sealed types.

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