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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... known as Gujra . While ordinary cultivators have now taken to keeping goats , sheep are still as a rule left to the Gadarias . These are of course valued principally for their wool , from which the ordinary country blanket is made . The ...
... known as Gujra . While ordinary cultivators have now taken to keeping goats , sheep are still as a rule left to the Gadarias . These are of course valued principally for their wool , from which the ordinary country blanket is made . The ...
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... known of his actually having done so . Two ideas appear to be involved in these sacrifices of the Gārpagāri . One is the familiar principle of atonement , the blood being offered to appease the god as a substitute for the crops which he ...
... known of his actually having done so . Two ideas appear to be involved in these sacrifices of the Gārpagāri . One is the familiar principle of atonement , the blood being offered to appease the god as a substitute for the crops which he ...
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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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... known as Patia . In Damoh the Ghosis are mainly cart- drivers and cultivators and very few of them sell milk . In Nimār there are some Muhammadan Ghosis who deal in milk . Their women are not secluded and may be known by the number of ...
... known as Patia . In Damoh the Ghosis are mainly cart- drivers and cultivators and very few of them sell milk . In Nimār there are some Muhammadan Ghosis who deal in milk . Their women are not secluded and may be known by the number of ...
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... known as Golari , Holia or Komtau , and is closely related to the form which that language assumes in Bijāpur ; 1 but to outsiders they now speak Hindi . 1 Linguistic Survey of India , vol . iv . Dravidian Language , p . 386 . GOND ...
... known as Golari , Holia or Komtau , and is closely related to the form which that language assumes in Bijāpur ; 1 but to outsiders they now speak Hindi . 1 Linguistic Survey of India , vol . iv . Dravidian Language , p . 386 . GOND ...
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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