The second edition of this book is fully updated, revised and corrected with additional interpretation that reflects ongoing changes in the structure of inequality and in the tools and concepts of social stratification in Western and Indian sociology. This edition is redesign in six chapters: social stratification in social system; social thought for social change; social class and class culture; pattern of stratification systems; process of Indian social stratification; and caste stratification in Indian society. This edition is an ambitious, scholarly and provocative. We hope this book will stimulate researchers and professionals to execute researches in this area.