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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... 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 a mere boy . The Gadarias rank with those castes from whom a Brāhman cannot ...
... 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 a mere boy . The Gadarias rank with those castes from whom a Brāhman cannot ...
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... 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 is not popular and there is very little demand for it locally , but it is often sold to ...
... 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 is not popular and there is very little demand for it locally , but it is often sold to ...
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... head . Anon he feels tired , so he lays down his load , and arranging his kammal as a cushion , sits with comfort on a rugged rock or a stony bank , and has a smoke . Or else he rolls himself in it from head to foot , like a mummy , and ...
... head . Anon he feels tired , so he lays down his load , and arranging his kammal as a cushion , sits with comfort on a rugged rock or a stony bank , and has a smoke . Or else he rolls himself in it from head to foot , like a mummy , and ...
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... is killed with the blunt head of an axe , the performance of 1 Madras Census Report ( 1891 ) , p . 253 . 2 Report on the Dependency of Bastar , P. 37 . II OCCUPATION AND MODE OF LIVING 13 this function being 12 PART GADBA.
... is killed with the blunt head of an axe , the performance of 1 Madras Census Report ( 1891 ) , p . 253 . 2 Report on the Dependency of Bastar , P. 37 . II OCCUPATION AND MODE OF LIVING 13 this function being 12 PART GADBA.
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... head of the corpse . The animal is cooked and eaten by the grave , and they then return to the cooking shed and place its jawbone under a stick supported on two others , blood and cooked rice being again offered . The old men and women ...
... head of the corpse . The animal is cooked and eaten by the grave , and they then return to the cooking shed and place its jawbone under a stick supported on two others , blood and cooked rice being again offered . The old men and women ...
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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