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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... being two young boys dressed as women . They have long hair and put on skirts and half - sleeved jackets , with hollow anklets round their feet filled with stones to II GANDHMĀLI 17 make them tinkle . On their right 16 PART GANDA.
... being two young boys dressed as women . They have long hair and put on skirts and half - sleeved jackets , with hollow anklets round their feet filled with stones to II GANDHMĀLI 17 make them tinkle . On their right 16 PART GANDA.
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... stone brought from the bed of a river is plastered down on to the grave with clay , and this may perhaps represent the dead man's spirit . The occupation of the Garpagāri is to avert hailstorms , 4. Occupa and he was formerly ...
... stone brought from the bed of a river is plastered down on to the grave with clay , and this may perhaps represent the dead man's spirit . The occupation of the Garpagāri is to avert hailstorms , 4. Occupa and he was formerly ...
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... stones to the dead . 40. Nature of the Gond religion . The gods . 36. House abandoned after a death . 37. Bringing back the soul . 38. The dead absorbed in Bura Deo . 39. Belief in a future life . 41. Tribal gods , and their place of ...
... stones to the dead . 40. Nature of the Gond religion . The gods . 36. House abandoned after a death . 37. Bringing back the soul . 38. The dead absorbed in Bura Deo . 39. Belief in a future life . 41. Tribal gods , and their place of ...
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... stone wall , too wide now for the shrunk city of Chanda within it , which stands on the very border - line between the forest and the plain , having in front the rich valley of the Wardha river , and behind and up to the city walls deep ...
... stone wall , too wide now for the shrunk city of Chanda within it , which stands on the very border - line between the forest and the plain , having in front the rich valley of the Wardha river , and behind and up to the city walls deep ...
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... stones and clods of earth , and their unkempt hair flew in the wind . The squirrel dodged about and ran away , and finally , directed by Mahadeo , ran into a large cave with all the Gonds after it . Mahadeo then rolled a large stone to ...
... stones and clods of earth , and their unkempt hair flew in the wind . The squirrel dodged about and ran away , and finally , directed by Mahadeo , ran into a large cave with all the Gonds after it . Mahadeo then rolled a large stone to ...
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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