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The Pundits of Kashmir
journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay • 10 (1913, 1914, 1915, 1916 • Published In 1917 • Pages: 461-485
By: Modi, Jivanji Jamshedji.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is based on information obtained largely from Pandits (Hindus) of Srinagar. It contains brief statements on traditions, religious ceremonies, exogamous lineages (gotras), marriage and food regulations, and select aspects of material culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Castes
- Regulation of marriage
- Clans
- Sacred objects and places
- Ecclesiastical organization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kashmiri
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2023
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Joan Verosky ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1895, 1915
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1339-1895
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kashmir division, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Jivanji Jamshedji Modi
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52035875
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kashmiri (South Asian people)