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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... Chota Nagpur bution and and the Uriya Districts . They numbered 278,000 persons in 1901 , resident largely in Sambalpur and the Uriya States , but since the transfer of this territory to Bengal , only about 150,000 Gāndas remain in the ...
... Chota Nagpur bution and and the Uriya Districts . They numbered 278,000 persons in 1901 , resident largely in Sambalpur and the Uriya States , but since the transfer of this territory to Bengal , only about 150,000 Gāndas remain in the ...
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... Chota Nagpur Division , where labour is scarce and cash payments are almost unknown . Numbers of formal bonds have come before me , whereby men sold themselves for a lump sum to enable them to marry . " The above quotation is inserted ...
... Chota Nagpur Division , where labour is scarce and cash payments are almost unknown . Numbers of formal bonds have come before me , whereby men sold themselves for a lump sum to enable them to marry . " The above quotation is inserted ...
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... Chota Nagpur and Central India , who attend as musicians at weddings and festivals and also perform menial offices of all kinds.2 In Bastar they are described as an inferior caste who serve as horse - keepers and also make and mend ...
... Chota Nagpur and Central India , who attend as musicians at weddings and festivals and also perform menial offices of all kinds.2 In Bastar they are described as an inferior caste who serve as horse - keepers and also make and mend ...
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... Chota Nagpur a number of Ghasias have become tailors and are tending to form a separate subcaste under the name of Darzi . five wives , ' Members The Janta Their septs are of the usual low - caste type , being named 3. Exo- gamous after ...
... Chota Nagpur a number of Ghasias have become tailors and are tending to form a separate subcaste under the name of Darzi . five wives , ' Members The Janta Their septs are of the usual low - caste type , being named 3. Exo- gamous after ...
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... Chota Nagpur hills not far from Amarkantak , and it has been seen that the Bhunjias of Bilaspur eat small portions of the bodies of their dead relatives.2 new crops . The original Gond festivals were associated with the 53. Festi- first ...
... Chota Nagpur hills not far from Amarkantak , and it has been seen that the Bhunjias of Bilaspur eat small portions of the bodies of their dead relatives.2 new crops . The original Gond festivals were associated with the 53. Festi- first ...
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Common terms and phrases
ancestors animals Baiga bangles Bania Bastar Bengal Berar Bhumka Bihār body Brahmans bride bridegroom brother buried called Central Provinces ceremony Chanda Chhattisgarh child Chota Nagpur cloth considered cooked cultivators customs dance daughter dead deity derived Dhangars Districts Divorce Dravidian drink exogamous father feast festival flesh forest Gadaria girl give goat goddess gods Gonds Gosains Gowāris Gujarāt Gūjars hair Halbas head Hindu husband Ibidem impure India Jāts Jogis Kalārs Kanjars Kawars Kayasths Kharias Khatris Khonds killed known Kolis Kols Korkus Korwas Koshtis Kunbis Lingo liquor Mahādeo mahua Mandla Maratha marriage married months moon Muhammadan Munda nakshatras occupation offered origin panchayat persons priest probably Rāja Rājpūts rice rites round rupees sacred sacrifice Sambalpur sept Siva social spirit subcastes take food tattooed Telugu tiger tree Tribes and Castes turmeric usually village wedding widow wife woman women worship