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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... caste of 1. General northern India . The name is derived from the Hindi gadar and the Sanskrit gandhāra , a sheep , the Sanskrit name being taken from the country of Gandhāra or Kandahār , from which sheep were first brought . The three ...
... caste of 1. General northern India . The name is derived from the Hindi gadar and the Sanskrit gandhāra , a sheep , the Sanskrit name being taken from the country of Gandhāra or Kandahār , from which sheep were first brought . The three ...
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... castes , as Ahirwār ( Ahir ) and Bamhania ( Brāhman ) . Another more ambitious legend derives their origin from the Bania caste . They say that once a Bania was walking along the road with a cocoanut in his hand when Vishnu met him and ...
... castes , as Ahirwār ( Ahir ) and Bamhania ( Brāhman ) . Another more ambitious legend derives their origin from the Bania caste . They say that once a Bania was walking along the road with a cocoanut in his hand when Vishnu met him and ...
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... castes would be permitted to become Gadarias if they should so desire . The head of the caste committee has the title of Mahton and the office is hereditary , the holder being invariably consulted on caste questions even if he should be ...
... castes would be permitted to become Gadarias if they should so desire . The head of the caste committee has the title of Mahton and the office is hereditary , the holder being invariably consulted on caste questions even if he should be ...
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... caste of village drudges , acting as watchmen , weavers of coarse cloth and musicians . They are looked on as an impure caste , and are practically in the same position as the Mehras and Chamārs of other Districts . In Chota Nagpur ...
... caste of village drudges , acting as watchmen , weavers of coarse cloth and musicians . They are looked on as an impure caste , and are practically in the same position as the Mehras and Chamārs of other Districts . In Chota Nagpur ...
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... caste , taking from them one or two feasts . And it is reported that in Raipur a Brahman recently entered the caste for love of a Gānda girl . Gandhmāli , 1 Thānāpati . - The caste of village priests of the temples of Siva or Mahadeo in ...
... caste , taking from them one or two feasts . And it is reported that in Raipur a Brahman recently entered the caste for love of a Gānda girl . Gandhmāli , 1 Thānāpati . - The caste of village priests of the temples of Siva or Mahadeo in ...
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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