 Sir Herbert Hope Risley KCIE CSI ( 4 January 1851 – 30 September 1911 ) was a British ethnographer and colonial administrator , a member of the Indian Civil Service who conducted extensive studies on the tribes and castes of the Bengal Presidency . He is notable for the formal application of the caste system to the entire Hindu population of British India in the early 20th century. Unterscheidung zwischen Kasten und Klassen. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1.1. Kasten in der Kolonie. 1.2. Kasten in der Provinz. 1.3. Kasten in der Stadt. 1.4