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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... drink liquor , but abstain from fowls and pork . They will take food cooked with water from a Lodhi or a Dāngi , members of these castes having formerly been their feudal chieftains in the Vindhyan Dis- tricts and Nerbudda valley ...
... drink liquor , but abstain from fowls and pork . They will take food cooked with water from a Lodhi or a Dāngi , members of these castes having formerly been their feudal chieftains in the Vindhyan Dis- tricts and Nerbudda valley ...
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... drink and have another meal of rice and beef , which is repeated on the following day , and the business of committing the dead to the ancestors is complete . Liquor is offered to the ancestors on feast days . mode of The caste are ...
... drink and have another meal of rice and beef , which is repeated on the following day , and the business of committing the dead to the ancestors is complete . Liquor is offered to the ancestors on feast days . mode of The caste are ...
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... drink the blood flowing from goats sacrificed in the temple . For the purposes of marriage the caste is divided into exogamous groups or bargas , the names of which are usually titles or designations of offices . Marriage within the ...
... drink the blood flowing from goats sacrificed in the temple . For the purposes of marriage the caste is divided into exogamous groups or bargas , the names of which are usually titles or designations of offices . Marriage within the ...
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... drink liquor . Their social position is fairly good and Brāhmans will take water from their hands . Many of them hold free grants of land in return for their services at the temples . A few are ordinary cultivators . of the Gārpagāri.1 ...
... drink liquor . Their social position is fairly good and Brāhmans will take water from their hands . Many of them hold free grants of land in return for their services at the temples . A few are ordinary cultivators . of the Gārpagāri.1 ...
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... drink liquor . They will take cooked food from a Kunbi , though the Kunbis will not take even water from them . They are a village menial caste and rank with others of the same position , though on a somewhat lower level because they ...
... drink liquor . They will take cooked food from a Kunbi , though the Kunbis will not take even water from them . They are a village menial caste and rank with others of the same position , though on a somewhat lower level because they ...
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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