| 词条 | Valangai |
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The Valangai or right-handed faction was made up of castes with an agricultural basis while the Idangai was made of metal workers, weavers, etc. i.e. castes involved in manufacturing.[3] The Valangai faction was numerically superior to the Idangai or left-handed faction. There were 6 castes in the Idangai faction as opposed to sixty in the Valangai faction.[1] The Valangai faction was better organized, politically, than the Idangai.[4] Jean-Antoine Dubois on Valangai writes, The Paraiyars are its chief support, as a proof of which they glory in the title ‘Valangai-Mougattar’, or friends of the Right-hand.[5]During the Chola period, the left and right-hand factions comprised ninety-eight castes each, but by the 19th century, the right-hand faction was made of 60 castes, and the left-hand, only six. See also
Notes1. ^1 G. S.Ghurye, Pg 359 2. ^{{cite book | title=Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History| last=E. Alcock| first=Susan| pages=269| authorlink= |author2=Terence N. D'Altroy |author3=Kathleen D. Morrison |author4=Carla M. Sinopoli | year=2001| publisher=Cambridge University Press| location=|isbn=978-0-521-77020-0}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmi.ac.in/gift/Epigraphy/epig_tambarammore.htm|title=More inscriptions from the Tambaram area |accessdate=2008-09-21|publisher=Madras Christian College Magazine|year=1975|author=Gift Siromoney|work=Madras Christian College Magazine, Vol. 44, 1975}} 4. ^Caste Ideology and Interaction, Pg 105 5. ^Hindu manners, customs and ceremonies. Dubois, J. A. (Jean Antoine),1899(Page.25.) References
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