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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... Guraos with figures made at the Holi festival called Gangour 176 81. Group of Gurao musicians with their instruments 180 82. Ploughing with cows and buffaloes in Chhattisgarh 182 83. Halwai or confectioner's shop 84. Jogi mendicants of ...
... Guraos with figures made at the Holi festival called Gangour 176 81. Group of Gurao musicians with their instruments 180 82. Ploughing with cows and buffaloes in Chhattisgarh 182 83. Halwai or confectioner's shop 84. Jogi mendicants of ...
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... Guraos , another special caste , or Phulmālis . Some members of the caste in Sambalpur , however , aspire to Rājpūt origin and wear 1 This article is compiled from papers by Mr. Jhanjhan Rai , Tahsildar , VOL . III In Sārangarh , and ...
... Guraos , another special caste , or Phulmālis . Some members of the caste in Sambalpur , however , aspire to Rājpūt origin and wear 1 This article is compiled from papers by Mr. Jhanjhan Rai , Tahsildar , VOL . III In Sārangarh , and ...
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... Guraos . of the caste . Gurao . A caste of village priests of the temples of 1. Origin Mahadeo in the Maratha Districts . They numbered about 14,000 persons in the Central Provinces and Berar in 1911 . The Guraos say that they were ...
... Guraos . of the caste . Gurao . A caste of village priests of the temples of 1. Origin Mahadeo in the Maratha Districts . They numbered about 14,000 persons in the Central Provinces and Berar in 1911 . The Guraos say that they were ...
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... Gurao , and he , in return , placed the missi or tooth - powder made from myrobalans on her teeth . If this was not done before her child was born , a Kalāvantin was put out of caste . In some localities the Guraos will take food from ...
... Gurao , and he , in return , placed the missi or tooth - powder made from myrobalans on her teeth . If this was not done before her child was born , a Kalāvantin was put out of caste . In some localities the Guraos will take food from ...
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Robert Vane Russell. UNIV . OF CALIFORNIA Bemrose , Collo . , Derby . GURAOS WITH FIGURES MADE AT THE HOLI FESTIVAL CALLED GANGOUR . II INTERNAL STRUCTURE 177 Siva or Mahādeo was first a.
Robert Vane Russell. UNIV . OF CALIFORNIA Bemrose , Collo . , Derby . GURAOS WITH FIGURES MADE AT THE HOLI FESTIVAL CALLED GANGOUR . II INTERNAL STRUCTURE 177 Siva or Mahādeo was first a.
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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