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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... children , whom they sold to the Khonds , and were so debased that they occasionally sold their own offspring ... children of two sisters , though the children of brothers and sisters may marry . If a girl arrives at maturity without a ...
... children , whom they sold to the Khonds , and were so debased that they occasionally sold their own offspring ... children of two sisters , though the children of brothers and sisters may marry . If a girl arrives at maturity without a ...
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... child born of her first husband with permission to keep it , the second husband must pay eight rupees to the first husband's family as the price of the child . But if the child is to be returned as soon as it is able to shift for itself ...
... child born of her first husband with permission to keep it , the second husband must pay eight rupees to the first husband's family as the price of the child . But if the child is to be returned as soon as it is able to shift for itself ...
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... child when sitting near a grinding - mill and this gave the sept its name . Three septs are named after other castes ... children of 28 PART GHASIA.
... child when sitting near a grinding - mill and this gave the sept its name . Three septs are named after other castes ... children of 28 PART GHASIA.
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... Children are named on the sixth day after birth , special 5. Reli- names being given to avert ill - luck , while they sometimes supersti- go through the ceremony of selling a baby for five cowries tions . in order to disarm the jealousy ...
... Children are named on the sixth day after birth , special 5. Reli- names being given to avert ill - luck , while they sometimes supersti- go through the ceremony of selling a baby for five cowries tions . in order to disarm the jealousy ...
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... child , stripped him of his ornaments and threw the body down a well . The murder was discovered and in revenge the minister killed every Ghasia , man , woman or child that he could lay his hands on . The only ones who escaped were two ...
... child , stripped him of his ornaments and threw the body down a well . The murder was discovered and in revenge the minister killed every Ghasia , man , woman or child that he could lay his hands on . The only ones who escaped were two ...
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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