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  2. Hindustani kinship terms - Wikipedia

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    The kinship terms of Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) differ from the English system in certain respects. [1] In the Hindustani system, kin terms are based on gender, [2] and the difference between some terms is the degree of respect. [3] Moreover, "In Hindi and Urdu kinship terms there is clear distinction between the blood relations and affinal ...

  3. Rajput - Wikipedia

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    The Rajput population and the former Rajput states are found in northern, western, central and eastern India, as well as southern and eastern Pakistan. These areas include Rajasthan , Delhi , Haryana , Gujarat , Eastern Punjab , Western Punjab , Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu , Uttarakhand , Bihar , Madhya Pradesh ...

  4. Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family

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    Morgan's interest in kinship systems came from his interest in the history and society of the Iroquois league, particularly the Seneca which he knew well. Studying Iroquois social organization, he discovered their matrilineal system of kinship reckoning, and this was what spurred his interests in kinship terminology. The Iroquoian kinship ...

  5. List of Hindu empires and dynasties - Wikipedia

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    The history of India up to (and including) the times of the Buddha, with his life generally placed into the 6th or 5th century BCE, is a subject of a major scholarly debate. The vast majority of historians in the Western world accept the theory of Aryan Migration with c. 1500-1200 BCE dates for the displacement of Indus civilization by Aryans ...

  6. Kinship - Wikipedia

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    Kinship can refer both to the patterns of social relationships themselves, or it can refer to the study of the patterns of social relationships in one or more human cultures (i.e. kinship studies). Over its history, anthropology has developed a number of related concepts and terms in the study of kinship, such as descent, descent group, lineage ...

  7. Bunt (community) - Wikipedia

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    Kodial Guthu family (circa 1900). This particular Bunt family were landlords in the city of Mangalore, India Kuloor Boodu house has a history of more than two hundred years. This is the main house in northern Kasaragod. American anthropologist Sylvia Vatuk states that the Bunt community was a loosely defined social group. [10]

  8. History of Rajasthan - Wikipedia

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    After 1818, the state was placed under the authority of British India's Rajputana Agency. The Ranas ruled the state until the independence of India in 1947, when the kingdom was merged with the Union of India. [105] [106] Very little is known of the early history of the state. According to tradition a predecessor state was established as ...

  9. Irawati Karve - Wikipedia

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    Kinship Organization in India (Deccan College, 1953), a study of various social institutions in India. Hindu Society — an interpretation (Deccan College, 1961), a study of Hindu society based on data which Karve had collected in her field trips, and her study of pertinent texts in Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit. In the book, she ...