pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central ProvincesMacmillan and Company, limited, 1916 - Caste |
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Ahirs ancestors animals appear Baiga Bastar Bengal Berar Bhumka body Brahmans bride bridegroom brother buried called Central Provinces ceremony Chanda Chhattisgarh child Chota Nagpur cloth considered cooked corpse cultivators customs dance daughter dead deity Districts Divorce Dravidian Dravidian languages drink exogamous father feast festival flesh forest funeral Ghasias girl give goat goddess gods Gonds Gosains Gowāris grain Gujar Gujarāt Gūjars Guraos hair Halbas head Hindu husband impure India Jāts Jogis Kanjars Kawars Kayasths Khatris Khonds killed known Kolhātis Kolis Kols Korkus Korwas Kunbis Lingo liquor Mahādeo mahua Mandla Maratha marriage married Muhammadan Munda nakshatras offered origin panchayat persons priest probably Rāja Rājpūts rice rites round rupees sacred sacrifice Sambalpur sept Siva social spirit stone subcastes take food tattooed Telugu tiger tree Tribes and Castes turmeric usually village wedding widow wife woman women worship
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