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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... ancestor was created by Mahadeo to tend his rams , and that he married three women who were fascin- ated by the sight of him shearing the sheep . These belonged to the Brahman , Dhimar and Barai castes respectively , and became the ...
... ancestor was created by Mahadeo to tend his rams , and that he married three women who were fascin- ated by the sight of him shearing the sheep . These belonged to the Brahman , Dhimar and Barai castes respectively , and became the ...
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... ancestors is complete . Liquor is offered to the ancestors on feast days . mode of The caste are cultivators and labourers , while some are 5. Occupa- employed as village watchmen , and others are hereditary tion and palki - bearers to ...
... ancestors is complete . Liquor is offered to the ancestors on feast days . mode of The caste are cultivators and labourers , while some are 5. Occupa- employed as village watchmen , and others are hereditary tion and palki - bearers to ...
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... ancestors . One of them is Panch - biha or ' He who had and another Kul - dip or ' The sept of the lamp . ' of this ... ancestor was delivered of a child when sitting near a grinding - mill and this gave the sept its name . Three septs ...
... ancestors . One of them is Panch - biha or ' He who had and another Kul - dip or ' The sept of the lamp . ' of this ... ancestor was delivered of a child when sitting near a grinding - mill and this gave the sept its name . Three septs ...
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... ancestors had only been imperfectly proselytised , when it was no longer the dominant faith of the locality in which they lived . Sir D. Ibbetson says that in the Punjab the name Ghosi is used only for Muhammadans , and 1 This article ...
... ancestors had only been imperfectly proselytised , when it was no longer the dominant faith of the locality in which they lived . Sir D. Ibbetson says that in the Punjab the name Ghosi is used only for Muhammadans , and 1 This article ...
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... ancestors really were shut up in Kachikopa Lohāgarh , but not by the god Siva . Very possibly the story began with them in the cave in the Iron Valley in the Red Hill . But the Hindu who clearly composed Mr. Hislop's version wished to ...
... ancestors really were shut up in Kachikopa Lohāgarh , but not by the god Siva . Very possibly the story began with them in the cave in the Iron Valley in the Red Hill . But the Hindu who clearly composed Mr. Hislop's version wished to ...
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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