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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... considered as a guess . A parallel to the disadvantage of being unable to water their milk without rendering it impure , which attaches to the Ghosis of the Punjab , may be adduced in the case of the Telis of the small town of Multai in ...
... considered as a guess . A parallel to the disadvantage of being unable to water their milk without rendering it impure , which attaches to the Ghosis of the Punjab , may be adduced in the case of the Telis of the small town of Multai in ...
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... considered to be somewhat stupid . They call themselves Ghosi Thakur , as they claim to be Rājpūts , and outsiders also sometimes address them as Thakur . But in Saugor and Damoh these aspirations to Kshatriya rank are so widespread ...
... considered to be somewhat stupid . They call themselves Ghosi Thakur , as they claim to be Rājpūts , and outsiders also sometimes address them as Thakur . But in Saugor and Damoh these aspirations to Kshatriya rank are so widespread ...
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... considered as equivalent to the real relationship . But the marriage of a brother's son to a sister's daughter is held , as among the Gonds , to be a most suitable union . The adult marriage of girls involves no stigma , and the ...
... considered as equivalent to the real relationship . But the marriage of a brother's son to a sister's daughter is held , as among the Gonds , to be a most suitable union . The adult marriage of girls involves no stigma , and the ...
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... considered that the name Gond probably came from Gauda , the classical term for part of the United Provinces and Bengal . A Benāres inscription relating to one of the Chedi kings of Tripura or Tewar ( near Jubbul- pore ) states that he ...
... considered that the name Gond probably came from Gauda , the classical term for part of the United Provinces and Bengal . A Benāres inscription relating to one of the Chedi kings of Tripura or Tewar ( near Jubbul- pore ) states that he ...
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... considered an offshoot of the Gonds ; at any rate , it seems probable that they came from southern India . by the same route as the Gonds . Thus the Khond lan- guage is intermediate between Gondi and the Kolāmi dialect of Wardha and ...
... considered an offshoot of the Gonds ; at any rate , it seems probable that they came from southern India . by the same route as the Gonds . Thus the Khond lan- guage is intermediate between Gondi and the Kolāmi dialect of Wardha and ...
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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