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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India
By
R.V. Russell
Of the Indian Civil Service Superintendent of Ethnography, Central Provinces
Assisted by
Rai Bahadur Hira Lāl
Extra Assistant Commissioner
Published Under the Orders of the Central Provinces Administration
In Four Volumes
Vol. IV.
Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin’s Street, London.
1916
Contents of Volume IV
Articles on Castes and Tribes of the Central Provinces in Alphabetical Order
The articles which are considered to be of most general interest are shown in capitals
- Kumhār (Potter) 3
- Kunbi (Cultivator) 16
- Kunjra (Greengrocer) 50
- Kuramwār (Shepherd) 52
- Kurmi (Cultivator) 55
- Lakhera (Worker in lac) 104
- Lodhi (Landowner and cultivator) 112
- Lohār (Blacksmith) 120
- Lorha (Growers of san-hemp) 126
- Mahār (Weaver and labourer) 129
- Mahli (Forest tribe) 146
- Majhwar (Forest tribe) 149
- Māl (Forest tribe) 153
- Māla (Cotton-weaver and labourer) 156
- Māli
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(Gardener and vegetable-grower) 159 Mallāh (Boatman and fisherman) 171 Māna (Forest tribe, cultivator) 172 Mānbhao (Religious mendicant) 176 Māng (Labourer and village musician) 184 Māng-Garori (Criminal caste) 189 Manihār (Pedlar) 193 Mannewār (Forest tribe) 195 Marātha (Soldier, cultivator and service) 198 Mehtar (Sweeper and scavenge) 215 Meo (Tribe) 233 Mīna or Deswāli (Non-Aryan tribe, cultivator) 235 Mirāsi (Bard and genealogist) 242 Mochi (Shoemaker) 244 Mowār (Cultivator) 250 Murha (Digger and navvy) 252 Nagasia (Forest tribe) 257 Nāhal (Forest tribe) 259 Nai (Barber) 262 Naoda (Boatman and fisherman) 283
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- Baghel.
- Bāgri.
- Bais.
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- Hūna.
- Kachhwāha.
- Nāgvansi.
- Nikumbh.
- Pāik.
- Parihār.
- Rāthor.
- Sesodia.
- Solankhi.
- Somvansi.
- Sūrajvansi.
- Tomara.
- Yādu.
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Illustrations in Volume IV
- 97. Potter and his wheel 4
- 98. Group of Kunbis 16
- 99. Figures of animals made for Pola festival 40
- 100. Hindu boys on stilts 42
- 101. Throwing stilts into the water at the Pola festival 46
- 102. Carrying out the dead 48
- 103. Pounding rice 60
- 104. Sowing 84
- 105. Threshing 86
- 106. Winnowing 88
- 107. Women grinding wheat and husking rice 90
- 108. Group of women in Hindustāni dress 92
- 109. Coloured Plate: Examples of spangles worn by women on the forehead 106
- 110. Weaving: sizing the warp 142
- 111. Winding thread 144
- 112. Bride and bridegroom with marriage crowns 166
- 113. Bullocks drawing water with mot 170
- 114.
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Māng musicians with drums 186 115. Statue of Marātha leader, Bīmbāji Bhonsla, in armour 200 116. Image of the god Vishnu as Vithoba 248 117. Coolie women with babies slung at the side 256 118. Hindu men showing the choti or scalp-lock 272 119. Snake-charmer with cobras 292 120. Transplanting rice 340 121. Group of Pardhāns 352 122. Little girls playing 400 123. Gujarati girls doing figures with strings and sticks 402 124. Ornaments 524 125. Teli’s oil-press 544 126. The Goddess Kāli 574 127. Wāghya mendicants 604
Pronunciation
a, has the sound of u in but or murmur. ā has the sound of a in bath or tar. e has the sound of é in écarté or ai in maid. i has the sound of i in bit, or (as a final letter) of y in sulky. ī has the sound of ee in beet. o has the sound of o in bore or bowl. u has the sound of u in put or bull. ū has the sound of oo in poor or boot
The plural of caste names and a few common Hindustāni words is formed
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by adding s in the English manner according to ordinary usage, though this is not, of course, the Hindustāni plural.
Note.—The 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.