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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... the leavings of other castes and take food from all except the impure ones , 1 Report on the Dependency of Bastar , p . 37 . 2 Ethnographic Notes in Southern India , p . 270 . I. Distri- origin . but like the Mehtars and Ghasias.
... the leavings of other castes and take food from all except the impure ones , 1 Report on the Dependency of Bastar , p . 37 . 2 Ethnographic Notes in Southern India , p . 270 . I. Distri- origin . but like the Mehtars and Ghasias.
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... impure , and are allowed to enter temples and take part in religious ceremonies . Gānda . A servile and impure caste of Chota Nagpur bution and and the Uriya Districts . They numbered 278,000 persons in 1901 , resident largely in ...
... impure , and are allowed to enter temples and take part in religious ceremonies . Gānda . A servile and impure caste of Chota Nagpur bution and and the Uriya Districts . They numbered 278,000 persons in 1901 , resident largely in ...
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... impure , they do not revere the tulsi plant nor the banyan or pipal trees . Children are named on the sixth day after birth without any special ceremony . The dead are generally buried from motives of economy , as with most families the ...
... impure , they do not revere the tulsi plant nor the banyan or pipal trees . Children are named on the sixth day after birth without any special ceremony . The dead are generally buried from motives of economy , as with most families the ...
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... impure and , though not compelled actually to live apart from the village , have usually a separate quarter and are not permitted to draw water from the village well or to enter Hindu temples . Their touch defiles , and a Hindu will not ...
... impure and , though not compelled actually to live apart from the village , have usually a separate quarter and are not permitted to draw water from the village well or to enter Hindu temples . Their touch defiles , and a Hindu will not ...
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... they are not considered as impure . They are great drunkards , and are easily known by their damrus or rattles and the baskets in which they carry their snakes . GHASIA LIST OF PARAGRAPHS 1. Description of the caste . 26 PART II GAURIA.
... they are not considered as impure . They are great drunkards , and are easily known by their damrus or rattles and the baskets in which they carry their snakes . GHASIA LIST OF PARAGRAPHS 1. Description of the caste . 26 PART II GAURIA.
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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