Vellala



ETHNONYMS: Mudaliar, Pandaram, Pillaimar (Pillai), Velalar (Velalan)


See also Tamil ; Tamil of Sri Lanka

Bibliography

Arokiaswami, M. (1954). The Early History of the Vellar Basin. Madras: Amudha Nilayam.

Arunachalam, M. (1975). "A Study of the Culture and History of the Karkattar." Bulletin of the Institute of Traditional Cultures January-June: 1-72.



Barnett, Stephen A. (1970). "The Structural Position of a South Indian Caste—Kontaikkatti Velalars in Tamilnadu." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago.


Beck, Brenda E. F. (1972). Peasant Society in Konku: A Study of Right and Left Subcastes in South India. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.


Ponnambalam, M., ed. (1932-1933). Velālan (Tuticorin) [Tamil journal].


Thurston, Edgar, and Kadamki Rangachari (1909). "Vellala." In Castes and Tribes of Southern India, edited by Edgar Thurston and Kadamki Rangachari. Vol. 7, 361-389. Madras: Government Press. Reprint. 1975. New Delhi: Cosmos Publications.

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