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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... Telugu shepherds take their name like the Gadarias from kuruba , a sheep . These three castes are of similar nature and status , and differ only in language and local customs . In 1911 the Gadarias numbered 41,000 persons . They are ...
... Telugu shepherds take their name like the Gadarias from kuruba , a sheep . These three castes are of similar nature and status , and differ only in language and local customs . In 1911 the Gadarias numbered 41,000 persons . They are ...
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... Telugu castes . Girls should be married before adoles- cence and , as is usual among the Uriya castes , if no suitable husband is forthcoming a symbolic marriage is celebrated ; the Thanapatis make her go through the form with her ...
... Telugu castes . Girls should be married before adoles- cence and , as is usual among the Uriya castes , if no suitable husband is forthcoming a symbolic marriage is celebrated ; the Thanapatis make her go through the form with her ...
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... Telugu country , which numbers nearly 1 million of persons in Madras and Hyderābād . In the Central Provinces there were under 3000 Golars in 1901 , and they were returned principally from the Bālāghāt and Seoni Districts . But 2500 ...
... Telugu country , which numbers nearly 1 million of persons in Madras and Hyderābād . In the Central Provinces there were under 3000 Golars in 1901 , and they were returned principally from the Bālāghāt and Seoni Districts . But 2500 ...
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... Telugu caste of leather - workers to whom the Golars appear to be related , as they have the same family names . When a Golar dies a plate of cooked rice is laid on his body and then carried to the burning - ghat . The Holias belonging ...
... Telugu caste of leather - workers to whom the Golars appear to be related , as they have the same family names . When a Golar dies a plate of cooked rice is laid on his body and then carried to the burning - ghat . The Holias belonging ...
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... Telugu people call the Khonds , Gond or Kod ( Kor ) . General Cunningham points out that the word Gond in the Central Provinces is frequently or , he says , usually pronounced Gaur , which is practically the same sound as god , and with ...
... Telugu people call the Khonds , Gond or Kod ( Kor ) . General Cunningham points out that the word Gond in the Central Provinces is frequently or , he says , usually pronounced Gaur , which is practically the same sound as god , and with ...
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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