Unit-3 Village And The Outside World

This unit altogether provides you a broad view of the linkages of Indian villages with the outside world.

Explain why village is a ‘little republic’ was on over simplified statement. Use about six lines for your answer.

Why was the village in pre-British India described as a ‘little republic’? Use about four lines for your answer

Give, in three lines, two examples of the incorporation of Coorg religious community in the wider Hindu religious community.

Define the processes of Universalisation and Parochialisation. Use about six lines for your answer.

What were the limitations on the development of intra-caste relations over a wide area in pre-British India? Use about five lines for your answer.

What are the two factors, responsible for better integration of Kumbapettai village into the wider economic system?

Give, in four lines, three reasons for the myth of economic self-sufficiency of the Indian village.

Account, in six lines, for the horizontal spread of caste-ties during the 21st century?

Define the processes of Universalisation and Parochialisation. Use about six lines for your answer.

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Universalisation refers to the process by which elements of ritual and belief, which form part of the localised little tradition, spread upwards to form part of the great tradition of Indian civilisation.
Parochialisation refers to the process of downward spread of elements of the great tradition to the little tradition. In both the processes the original elements undergo transformation.
Marriott admits that since universalisation and parochialisation have both proceeded for a very long time, it is ordinarily unable to trace the course of either process with certainty, or to decide whether a given present configuration of religious contents is the result of one and not also the result of the other of these two processes.
But the important point to remember is that in matters relating to observance of festivals, there has been a give and take among the village traditions and the nationwide tradition-thereby showing how the village has not been self-sufficient in this manner.