sub-sub-castes

Updated: May 2, 2025

Hence the relatively slight ascendency enjoyed by the Brahmans in the Punjab amongst the Hindus themselves, even the Brahmans having split up into so many sub-castes and sub-sub-castes that many a non-Brahman Hindu will hardly accept food cooked by the lower order of Brahmans and, next to inter-marriage, food is the great test of caste.

Sir Valentine Chirol - Indian Unrest