Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

A. Bopegamage

Abstract

Professor Dandekar's paper raises a series of questions regarding the interpretation of the Marxian concept of class, analysis of the Indian data and his general approach to the study of Marxian theory. First, I shall take Professor Dandekar's interpretation of the Marxian concept of class and the application of this concept to paint a picture of the class composition in India.

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A. Bopegamage

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In Ceylon out of a total population of 8.1 million persons (Census - 1953) nearly 70 per cent constitute the Sinhalese speaking people. Out of these about nine-tenths are Buddhists and many of them have observed and are still observing some form of a caste system similar to the social system found in India.

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