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1 Introduction: Studying Caste Panchayats -- 2 The Caste Panchayat, Caste Governance and Role of the State: The Long View -- 3 Caste Panchayats Today -- 4 Intra- Caste purity and Social Ostracisation -- 5 Caste Endogamy -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Index