CONTENTS -- ONE. SEASONS AND SETTING -- Seasons -- Historical Setting -- TWO. SOCIETAL CATEGORIES -- Social Units -- Resident Castes -- Hindu Varna Castes -- Harijan Castes -- Marginal Castes -- Transient Castes -- Muslim Castes -- THREE. SOCIAL GROUPS -- The Family -- The Local Patrilineage -- The Caste Group -- Associations -- Communities -- Hamlets, Villages, and Towns -- FOUR. STATUS AND POWER -- The Status Structure -- Pollution -- Caste Ranking -- Individual Ranking -- A Model of the Status Structure -- The Power Structure -- Sources of Power -- The Use of Power -- Conflict and Alliance -- Power Change -- FIVE. NETWORKS -- Jajmani -- Begar -- Debt -- Contractual Exchanges -- SIX. PANCHAYATS -- The Nature of Panchayat -- Intracaste Conflicts -- Regional Caste Organizations -- Intercaste Conflicts -- Intervillage Conflicts -- Konduru and the State Government -- Panchayats and Courts -- SEVEN. RITUALS -- Religion -- High Religion -- Low Religion -- Magic -- Rites and Ceremonies -- Confirmatory Rites -- Piacular Rites -- EIGHT. THE CHANGING SCENE -- Changes in Technology -- Changes in Government -- Changing Ideas -- NINE. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIXES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Photographs.