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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... Raja of Bastar , enjoying a free grant of living . land . They practise shifting cultivation , cleaning a space by indiscriminate felling in the forest , and roughly ploughing the ground for a single broad - cast crop of rice ; in the ...
... Raja of Bastar , enjoying a free grant of living . land . They practise shifting cultivation , cleaning a space by indiscriminate felling in the forest , and roughly ploughing the ground for a single broad - cast crop of rice ; in the ...
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... Raja of Bastar , paid in kind , was collected once a year by an officer who beat a tom - tom outside the village and forthwith hid himself , whereupon the inhabitants brought out whatever they had to give and deposited it on an ...
... Raja of Bastar , paid in kind , was collected once a year by an officer who beat a tom - tom outside the village and forthwith hid himself , whereupon the inhabitants brought out whatever they had to give and deposited it on an ...
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... Raja of Jaipur whenever required . They received rent - free lands and pay of two pice ( d . ) a day , which latter was put into a common treasury and expended on the purchase of arms and ammunition whenever needed 1 Buchanan , Eastern ...
... Raja of Jaipur whenever required . They received rent - free lands and pay of two pice ( d . ) a day , which latter was put into a common treasury and expended on the purchase of arms and ammunition whenever needed 1 Buchanan , Eastern ...
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... Rāja and told him what had happened . The Raja said , " Since you have come on earth , you must have a caste . Run after Mahādeo and find out what caste you should belong to . " So they ran after the god and inquired of him , and he ...
... Rāja and told him what had happened . The Raja said , " Since you have come on earth , you must have a caste . Run after Mahādeo and find out what caste you should belong to . " So they ran after the god and inquired of him , and he ...
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... Raja Kosaria Rāwat Peng Parja Tendu khuti Dibdibi baja . Pita Bhatra . Raja Muria , Pania lava . Which may be rendered : " The Rāja was of the Chalki race.1 The drum was called Dibdibi . Kosaria Rāwat , Pita Bhatra , Peng Parja and Rāja ...
... Raja Kosaria Rāwat Peng Parja Tendu khuti Dibdibi baja . Pita Bhatra . Raja Muria , Pania lava . Which may be rendered : " The Rāja was of the Chalki race.1 The drum was called Dibdibi . Kosaria Rāwat , Pita Bhatra , Peng Parja and Rāja ...
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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