DASOG, G SSHAMSUDHEEN, M2019-02-012019-02-0114-06-05Th-7590http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810093209possessing properties reflecting the effect of local and zonal soil forming factors. His pupil Sibirtsev and Glinka were other Russian soil scientists who gave notable contribution to soil classification. Classification is the grouping of objects in some orderly and logical manners into compartments. It is based on the properties of objects for the purpose of studying and identifying them. According to Cline (1961) classification systems are abstracts of knowledge and of concepts derived from knowledge, based on the experiences and present biases of man.enThesis