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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... Killing of Rāwan , the demon king of Ceylon , from whom the Gonds are supposed to be descended • PAGE 42 46 62 114 69. Woman about to be swung round the post called Meghnath 70. Climbing the pole for a bag of sugar 116 118 71. Gonds ...
... Killing of Rāwan , the demon king of Ceylon , from whom the Gonds are supposed to be descended • PAGE 42 46 62 114 69. Woman about to be swung round the post called Meghnath 70. Climbing the pole for a bag of sugar 116 118 71. Gonds ...
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... killed . The Gadbas have totemistic exogamous septs , usually named after animals , as gutāl dog , angwăn bear , dungra tortoise , surangai tiger , gumal snake , and so on . Members of each sept abstain from killing or injuring the ...
... killed . The Gadbas have totemistic exogamous septs , usually named after animals , as gutāl dog , angwăn bear , dungra tortoise , surangai tiger , gumal snake , and so on . Members of each sept abstain from killing or injuring the ...
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... 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.
... 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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... killed his brother , and was proclaimed as an outlaw by beat of drum . The marriage of members of the same group is for- bidden and also that of the children of two sisters , so long as the relationship between them is remembered . The ...
... killed his brother , and was proclaimed as an outlaw by beat of drum . The marriage of members of the same group is for- bidden and also that of the children of two sisters , so long as the relationship between them is remembered . The ...
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... kill himself , and throws off his clothes . Sometimes his wife and children go and stand with him before Mahābīr's shrine and he threatens to kill them . Formerly he would cut and slash himself , so it is said , if Mahābīr was obdurate ...
... kill himself , and throws off his clothes . Sometimes his wife and children go and stand with him before Mahābīr's shrine and he threatens to kill them . Formerly he would cut and slash himself , so it is said , if Mahābīr was obdurate ...
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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