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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... rupee contains 16 annas , and an anna is of the same value as a penny . A pice is a quarter of an anna , or a farthing . Rs . 1-8 signifies one rupee and eight annas . A lakh is a hundred thousand , and a krore ten million . PART II ...
... rupee contains 16 annas , and an anna is of the same value as a penny . A pice is a quarter of an anna , or a farthing . Rs . 1-8 signifies one rupee and eight annas . A lakh is a hundred thousand , and a krore ten million . PART II ...
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... rupee a hundred head for one night ; but sometimes the cultivators combine to buy a large flock , and after penning them on their fields in the hot weather , send them to Nagpur in the beginning of the rains to be disposed of . The ...
... rupee a hundred head for one night ; but sometimes the cultivators combine to buy a large flock , and after penning them on their fields in the hot weather , send them to Nagpur in the beginning of the rains to be disposed of . The ...
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... rupees . The ceremony consists of shaving the body of the novice , irrespective of sex , clean of hair , after which he or she is given to eat rice cooked in the water of the Ganges . This is followed by a feast to the tribe in which a ...
... rupees . The ceremony consists of shaving the body of the novice , irrespective of sex , clean of hair , after which he or she is given to eat rice cooked in the water of the Ganges . This is followed by a feast to the tribe in which a ...
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Robert Vane Russell. II RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND FESTIVALS II and two rupees , are opened and carefully examined . If any deficiency is found , it must at once be made good . The pair eat a little food together , coloured rice is applied to ...
Robert Vane Russell. II RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND FESTIVALS II and two rupees , are opened and carefully examined . If any deficiency is found , it must at once be made good . The pair eat a little food together , coloured rice is applied to ...
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... rupees is paid . The couple go away together at once and six months afterwards return to visit the bride's parents , when they are treated as outsiders and not allowed to touch the food cooked for the family , while they reciprocally ...
... rupees is paid . The couple go away together at once and six months afterwards return to visit the bride's parents , when they are treated as outsiders and not allowed to touch the food cooked for the family , while they reciprocally ...
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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