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THE SYSTEM OF CASTE GOVERNMENT
Other powerful bodies are the various Jat and Kayas-
tha sabhas. They are in no sense panchayats; but to a
great extent they supplement their work, and they can
be, and usuail’y are, a g'reat power for good.1
1 I am indebted to officers of the sabhas mentioned for these details.
Principal authorities.—Census Report, U.P., lgn (when a special enquiry
into the system of caste government was made).
Crooke, Tribes and Castes of the N.-W.P. and
Oudh (1896).
Other powerful bodies are the various Jat and Kayas-
tha sabhas. They are in no sense panchayats; but to a
great extent they supplement their work, and they can
be, and usuail’y are, a g'reat power for good.1
1 I am indebted to officers of the sabhas mentioned for these details.
Principal authorities.—Census Report, U.P., lgn (when a special enquiry
into the system of caste government was made).
Crooke, Tribes and Castes of the N.-W.P. and
Oudh (1896).