List of Tables List of Figures List of Maps Abbreviations Introduction1. 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 9. Assamese Castes in Historical Perspectives 10. The Devotional Path in Assam 11. Shri Shankaradeva Sangha 12. Reform Sects in Panbari 13. Caste and Sect References Index