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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... ( Liquor vendor ) 306 Kamar ( Forest tribe ) . 323 331 Kāpewār ( Cultivator ) . 342 KANJAR ( Gipsies and prostitutes ) Karan ( Writer and clerk ) 343 KASAI ( Butcher ) 346 Kasar ( Worker in brass ) 369 KASBI ( Prostitute ) 373 Katia ...
... ( Liquor vendor ) 306 Kamar ( Forest tribe ) . 323 331 Kāpewār ( Cultivator ) . 342 KANJAR ( Gipsies and prostitutes ) Karan ( Writer and clerk ) 343 KASAI ( Butcher ) 346 Kasar ( Worker in brass ) 369 KASBI ( Prostitute ) 373 Katia ...
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... liquor , but abstain from fowls and pork . They will take food cooked with water from a Lodhi or a Dāngi , members of these castes having formerly been their feudal chieftains in the Vindhyan Dis- tricts and Nerbudda valley . Brahmans ...
... liquor , but abstain from fowls and pork . They will take food cooked with water from a Lodhi or a Dāngi , members of these castes having formerly been their feudal chieftains in the Vindhyan Dis- tricts and Nerbudda valley . Brahmans ...
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... , where the bridegroom's presents , consisting of victuals , liquor , a cloth , 2 Madras Census Report ( 1891 ) , p . 253 . 1 India Census Report ( 1901 ) , p . 283 . II RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND FESTIVALS II and two rupees , IO PART GADBA.
... , where the bridegroom's presents , consisting of victuals , liquor , a cloth , 2 Madras Census Report ( 1891 ) , p . 253 . 1 India Census Report ( 1901 ) , p . 283 . II RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND FESTIVALS II and two rupees , IO PART GADBA.
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... liquor for himself and his friends as compensation . If these are given he does not turn his wife out of his house . A liaison of a Gadba woman with a man of a superior caste is also said to involve no penalty , but if her paramour is a ...
... liquor for himself and his friends as compensation . If these are given he does not turn his wife out of his house . A liaison of a Gadba woman with a man of a superior caste is also said to involve no penalty , but if her paramour is a ...
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... Liquor is offered to the ancestors on feast days . mode of The caste are cultivators and labourers , while some are 5. Occupa- employed as village watchmen , and others are hereditary tion and palki - bearers to the Raja of Bastar ...
... Liquor is offered to the ancestors on feast days . mode of The caste are cultivators and labourers , while some are 5. Occupa- employed as village watchmen , and others are hereditary tion and palki - bearers to the Raja of Bastar ...
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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