Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Part One: The Village -- 1 Economic Differentiation and Caste in Panbari -- 2 The System of Kinship -- 3 The Nature of Affinity -- 4 The Pattern of Marriage -- 5 The Village Name House -- 6 Devotional Worship -- 7 The Institutionalization of Bhakti: The Satra System -- 8 The Language of Food -- Part Two: Caste and Sect
9 Assamese Castes in Historical Perspective -- 10 The Devotional Path in Assam -- 11 Sri Shankaradeva Sangha -- 12 Reform Sects in Panbari -- 13 Caste and Sect -- References -- Index