In the wider context of how census enumeration has been studied with varied academic interests in South Asian history, this article focuses on how the Lingayats of Karnataka, since the colonial period, received, negotiated and manipulated their hurtful description in the 1881 Census as a low-caste Hindu community, defending themselves against British and Brahmins’ misuse of taxonomic navigation.

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Lingayat 在殖民地卡纳塔克邦的身份主张：种姓、人口普查和代表政治

在南亚历史上如何以不同的学术兴趣研究人口普查计数的更广泛背景下，本文重点关注自殖民时期以来卡纳塔克邦的林雅特人如何接受、协商和操纵他们在 1881 年人口普查中的有害描述-种姓印度教社区，保护自己免受英国和婆罗门滥用分类导航。