The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India: pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central ProvincesMacmillan and Company, 1916 - Caste |
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... Bengal , only about 150,000 Gāndas remain in the Central Provinces in Raipur , Bilaspur and Raigarh . In this Province the Gandas have become a servile caste of village drudges , acting as watchmen , weavers of coarse cloth and ...
... Bengal , only about 150,000 Gāndas remain in the Central Provinces in Raipur , Bilaspur and Raigarh . In this Province the Gandas have become a servile caste of village drudges , acting as watchmen , weavers of coarse cloth and ...
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... Bengal , art . Ghāsi . 3 Central Provinces Gazetteer ( 1871 ) , P. 273 . 4 Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal , p . 325 . 2. Sub- castes . sections . The Ghasias generally , 27 Ghasia (Grass-cutter)
... Bengal , art . Ghāsi . 3 Central Provinces Gazetteer ( 1871 ) , P. 273 . 4 Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal , p . 325 . 2. Sub- castes . sections . The Ghasias generally , 27 Ghasia (Grass-cutter)
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... in their case it was a young Kayasth bridegroom who was killed , and before dying he got leave from his murderers to write a 1 Tribes and Castes of Bengal , art . Ghāsi . letter to his relatives informing them of his death ,
... in their case it was a young Kayasth bridegroom who was killed , and before dying he got leave from his murderers to write a 1 Tribes and Castes of Bengal , art . Ghāsi . letter to his relatives informing them of his death ,
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... Bengal . A Benāres inscription relating to one of the Chedi kings of Tripura or Tewar ( near Jubbul- pore ) states that he was of the Haihaya tribe , who lived on the borders of the Nerbudda in the district of the Western Gauda in the ...
... Bengal . A Benāres inscription relating to one of the Chedi kings of Tripura or Tewar ( near Jubbul- pore ) states that he was of the Haihaya tribe , who lived on the borders of the Nerbudda in the district of the Western Gauda in the ...
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... Bengal the heads of Bairagi or Vaishnava monasteries are called Gosain , and the priests of the Vishnuite Vallabhachārya sect are known as Gokulastha Gosain . But over most of India , as in the Central Provinces , Gosain appears to be a ...
... Bengal the heads of Bairagi or Vaishnava monasteries are called Gosain , and the priests of the Vishnuite Vallabhachārya sect are known as Gokulastha Gosain . But over most of India , as in the Central Provinces , Gosain appears to be a ...
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