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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... Goats and sheep . 7. Blanket - weaving . 8. Sanctity of wool . notice . Gadaria , Gādri . The occupational shepherd caste of 1. General northern India . The name is derived from the Hindi gadar and the Sanskrit gandhāra , a sheep , the ...
... Goats and sheep . 7. Blanket - weaving . 8. Sanctity of wool . notice . Gadaria , Gādri . The occupational shepherd caste of 1. General northern India . The name is derived from the Hindi gadar and the Sanskrit gandhāra , a sheep , the ...
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... goats to pasture . riage Marriage within the clan is forbidden and also the union 3. Mar- of first cousins . Girls may be married at any age , and are customs . sometimes united to husbands much younger than themselves . Four castemen ...
... goats to pasture . riage Marriage within the clan is forbidden and also the union 3. Mar- of first cousins . Girls may be married at any age , and are customs . sometimes united to husbands much younger than themselves . Four castemen ...
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... Goats No Gadaria also Dishai Devi , the goddess of the sheep - pen . may go into the sheep - pen with his shoes on . On entering it in the morning they make obeisance to the sheep , and these customs seem to indicate that the goddess ...
... Goats No Gadaria also Dishai Devi , the goddess of the sheep - pen . may go into the sheep - pen with his shoes on . On entering it in the morning they make obeisance to the sheep , and these customs seem to indicate that the goddess ...
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... goat ; and the animal after being sacrificed provides a feast for the worshippers , his head being the perquisite of the officiating priest . Muhammadans and most castes of Hindus will eat goat's meat when they can afford it . The milk ...
... goat ; and the animal after being sacrificed provides a feast for the worshippers , his head being the perquisite of the officiating priest . Muhammadans and most castes of Hindus will eat goat's meat when they can afford it . The milk ...
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... goats but not of sheep . Some of them , especially in forest tracts , train ordinary pariah dogs to act as sheep - dogs . As a rule , rams and he - goats are not gelt , but those who have large flocks sometimes resort to this practice ...
... goats but not of sheep . Some of them , especially in forest tracts , train ordinary pariah dogs to act as sheep - dogs . As a rule , rams and he - goats are not gelt , but those who have large flocks sometimes resort to this practice ...
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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