M.N. Srinivas’s structural functionalist approach represents one of the most significant contributions to Indian sociology. Deeply influenced by British social anthropologists such as A.R. Radcliffe-Brown and Bronislaw Malinowski, Srinivas applied the principles of structural functionalism to the study of Indian society, particularly the caste system, social structure, and processes of social change. His approach emphasized the interdependence of social institutions and the way each element of society contributes to maintaining social stability and continuity. Srinivas viewed Indian society as a complex system composed of interrelated parts, where every social institution, belief, and practice performs certain functions that ensure the persistence of the social structure. For him, structural functionalism provided a useful framework to understand how traditional Indian society maintained equilibrium despite its apparent diversity and complexity. He rejected the notion that Indian society was