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a girl to know whom she has to love, before any sexual consciousness has been awakened in her.[1]
- ↑ History of the word "caste" is well treated in the Murray's Dictionary on Historical Principles. The information on various castes can be found in the different provincial gazetteers and census reports. There are also various private publications which give important information on various subjects. Discussion regarding theory of caste is made by different officers in India in the census volumes, and the method to grade caste by the manifestations of theory of purity and pollution is discussed by Gait in his report on Bengal castes. The question of endogamy has been well discussed by Westermark in his standard work on the History of Human Marriage.
