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THE CASTE SYSTEM OF NORTliERN INDIA
law on the fact that his grandfather had been appointed
chaudhri by the raja of the time.1
It has been explained above2 that the group ruled by
any particular panchayat is a hiradari, or
i-j. Panchayats local section, of an endog'amous g-rouD.
ana exogamous TT ,, . . . , ° . . , . ° . •*-
groups rJut most brotherhoods ot this kmd are
actually exogamous groups, in the sense
that their members are (as the name implies) too closely re-
lated to intermarry. It becomes necessary, therefore, to
explain the connexion between the panchayat and the exo-
gamous group as such. This can best be done by refer-
ence to a particular case. In Cawnpore, the Dhanuk
caste has five sections, named (i) Laungbarsa, (ii) Bad-
hik, (iii) Ivathariya, (iv) Hazari, (v) Taihal.
(a) In East Cawnpore, all five groups are endogamous,
and there are five panchayats.
(b) In South Cawnpore, groups (i) and (ii) intermarry,
the other three are endogamous. There are here four en-
dogamous groups, namely, Laungbarsa-Badhik, Katha-
riya, Hazari, Taihal : and four panchayats to correspond.
(c) In North-West Cawnpore, groups (i), (ii) and (iii)
intermarry, the other two are endogamous. There are
here three endogamous groups and three panchayats.
(d) In North-East Cawnpore, groups (i), (ii), (iii) and
(iv) intermarry, group (v) is endogamous. There are
here two endogamous groups, and two panchayats.
This makes it clear that the panchayat is that of the local
endogamous group. Accordingly, if a Taihal migrated
from his home in South Cawnpore to a village in East
Cawnpore, he could and would become a member of the
local hiradari, whether he belonged to the same exoga-
mous group or not, for the Taihal group is endogamous
everywhere. But it would be different if a Laungbarsa
made the same change. For the southern endogamous
group consists of Laungbarsas only, whilst the eastern
includes botli Laungbarsas and Badhiks; and if he be-
came a member of the eastern biradari, he would have to
eat with, and meet in panchayat, Badhiks whose daughters
1 The rajas in the two cases were different.
2 Par. 2 (a) and (b).
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law on the fact that his grandfather had been appointed
chaudhri by the raja of the time.1
It has been explained above2 that the group ruled by
any particular panchayat is a hiradari, or
i-j. Panchayats local section, of an endog'amous g-rouD.
ana exogamous TT ,, . . . , ° . . , . ° . •*-
groups rJut most brotherhoods ot this kmd are
actually exogamous groups, in the sense
that their members are (as the name implies) too closely re-
lated to intermarry. It becomes necessary, therefore, to
explain the connexion between the panchayat and the exo-
gamous group as such. This can best be done by refer-
ence to a particular case. In Cawnpore, the Dhanuk
caste has five sections, named (i) Laungbarsa, (ii) Bad-
hik, (iii) Ivathariya, (iv) Hazari, (v) Taihal.
(a) In East Cawnpore, all five groups are endogamous,
and there are five panchayats.
(b) In South Cawnpore, groups (i) and (ii) intermarry,
the other three are endogamous. There are here four en-
dogamous groups, namely, Laungbarsa-Badhik, Katha-
riya, Hazari, Taihal : and four panchayats to correspond.
(c) In North-West Cawnpore, groups (i), (ii) and (iii)
intermarry, the other two are endogamous. There are
here three endogamous groups and three panchayats.
(d) In North-East Cawnpore, groups (i), (ii), (iii) and
(iv) intermarry, group (v) is endogamous. There are
here two endogamous groups, and two panchayats.
This makes it clear that the panchayat is that of the local
endogamous group. Accordingly, if a Taihal migrated
from his home in South Cawnpore to a village in East
Cawnpore, he could and would become a member of the
local hiradari, whether he belonged to the same exoga-
mous group or not, for the Taihal group is endogamous
everywhere. But it would be different if a Laungbarsa
made the same change. For the southern endogamous
group consists of Laungbarsas only, whilst the eastern
includes botli Laungbarsas and Badhiks; and if he be-
came a member of the eastern biradari, he would have to
eat with, and meet in panchayat, Badhiks whose daughters
1 The rajas in the two cases were different.
2 Par. 2 (a) and (b).
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