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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... belong to the Vizagapatam District of Madras , and in the Central Provinces are found only in the Bastar State , into which they have immigrated to the number of some 700 persons . They speak a Mundāri dialect , called Gadba , after ...
... belong to the Vizagapatam District of Madras , and in the Central Provinces are found only in the Bastar State , into which they have immigrated to the number of some 700 persons . They speak a Mundāri dialect , called Gadba , after ...
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... in view of the 1 This article is compiled from papers by Kanhya Lal of the Gazetteer Office , and Madho Rao , Deputy In- spector of Schools , Bālāghāt . information now available , be considered to belong to the Golar (Herdsman)
... in view of the 1 This article is compiled from papers by Kanhya Lal of the Gazetteer Office , and Madho Rao , Deputy In- spector of Schools , Bālāghāt . information now available , be considered to belong to the Golar (Herdsman)
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Robert Vane Russell. information now available , be considered to belong to the Golar caste . Some 2000 Golars were enumerated in Berār . They are a nomadic people and frequent Bālāghāt , owing to the large area of grazing land found in ...
Robert Vane Russell. information now available , be considered to belong to the Golar caste . Some 2000 Golars were enumerated in Berār . They are a nomadic people and frequent Bālāghāt , owing to the large area of grazing land found in ...
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... belong to the Kahār or bearer caste , which has a fairly good status.1 The Gond rules of exogamy appear to preserve traces of the system found in Australia , by which the whole tribe is split into two or four main divisions , and every ...
... belong to the Kahār or bearer caste , which has a fairly good status.1 The Gond rules of exogamy appear to preserve traces of the system found in Australia , by which the whole tribe is split into two or four main divisions , and every ...
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... belong to the same sept as himself . In the Maria country , if a girl is made pregnant by a man of the caste before marriage , she simply goes to his house and becomes his wife . This is called Paithu or enter- ing . The man has to ...
... belong to the same sept as himself . In the Maria country , if a girl is made pregnant by a man of the caste before marriage , she simply goes to his house and becomes his wife . This is called Paithu or enter- ing . The man has to ...
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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