Table of Contents
- Contents of Volume II: Articles on Castes and Tribes of the Central Provinces in Alphabetical Order
- Illustrations in Volume II
- Pronunciation
- Articles on Castes and Tribes: Agaria—Fakīr
- Agaria
- Agharia
- Aghori
- Ahīr
- 1. General notice.
- 2. Former dominance of the Abhīras.
- 3. Ahīr dialects.
- 4. The Yādavas and Krishna.
- 5. The modern Ahīrs an occupational caste.
- 6. Subcastes.
- 7. The Dauwa or wet-nurse Ahīrs. Fosterage.
- 8. Exogamy.
- 9. Marriage customs.
- 10. Birth customs.
- 11. Funeral rites. Bringing back the soul.
- 12. Religion. Krishna and other deified cowherds.
- 13. Caste deities.
- 14. Other deities.
- 15. The Diwāli festival.
- 16. Omens.
- 17. Social customs.
- 18. Ornaments.
- 19. Occupation.
- 20. Preparations of milk.
- Andh
- Arakh
- Atāri
- Audhelia
- Badhak
- 1. Introductory notice.
- 2. The Badhak dacoits.
- 3. Instances of dacoities.
- 4. Further instances of dacoities.
- 5. Disguise of religious mendicants.
- 6. Countenance and support of landowners.
- 7. Pride in their profession.
- 8. Caste rules and admission of outsiders.
- 9. Religion: offerings to ancestors.
- 10. The wounded haunted by spirits.
- 11. Pious funeral observances.
- 12. Taking the omens.
- 13. Suppression of dacoity.
- 14. The Badhaks or Baoris at the present time.
- 15. Lizard-hunting.
- 16. Social observances.
- 17. Criminal practices.
- Bahna
- Baiga
- Bairāgi
- 1. Definition of name and statistics.
- 2. The four Sampradāyas or main orders.
- 3. The Rāmānujis.
- 4. The Rāmānandis
- 5. The Nīmānandis.
- 6. The Mādhavachāryas.
- 7. The Vallabhachāryas.
- 8. Minor sects.
- 9. The seven Akhāras.
- 10. The Dwāras.
- 11. Initiation, appearance and customs.
- 12. Recruitment of the order and its character.
- 13. Social position and customs.
- 14. Bairāgi monasteries.
- 15. Married Bairāgis.
- Balāhi
- Balija
- Bania
- 1. General notice.
- 2. The Banias a true caste: use of the name.
- 3. Their distinctive occupation.
- 4. Their distinctive status.
- 5. The endogamous divisions of the Banias.
- 6. The Banias derived from the Rājpūts.
- 7. Banias employed as ministers in Rājpūt courts.
- 8. Subcastes.
- 9. Hindu and Jain subcastes: divisions among subcastes.
- 10. Exogamy and rules regulating marriage.
- 11. Marriage customs.
- 12. Polygamy and widow-marriage.
- 13. Disposal of the dead and mourning.
- 14. Religion: the god Ganpati or Ganesh.
- 15. Diwāli festival.
- 16. Holi festival.
- 17. Social customs: rules about food.
- 18. Character of the Bania.
- 19. Dislike of the cultivators towards him.
- 20. His virtues.
- 21. The moneylender changed for the worse.
- 22. The enforcement of contracts.
- 23. Cash coinage and the rate of interest.
- 24. Proprietary and transferable rights in land.
- 25. The Bania as a landlord.
- 26. Commercial honesty.
- Bania, Agarwāla
- Bania, Agrahari
- Bania, Ajudhiabāsi
- Bania, Asāthi
- Bania, Charnāgri
- Bania, Dhūsar
- Bania, Dosar
- Bania, Gahoi
- Bania, Golapūrab
- Bania, Kasarwāni
- Bania, Kasaundhan
- Bania, Khandelwāl
- Bania, Lād
- Bania, Lingāyat
- Bania, Maheshri
- Bania, Nema
- Bania, Oswāl
- Bania, Parwār
- Bania, Srimāli
- Bania, Umre
- Banjāra
- 1. Historical notice of the caste.
- 2. Banjāras derived from the Chārans or Bhāts.
- 3. Chāran Ranjārans employed with the Mughal armies.
- 4. Internal structure.
- 5. Minor subcastes.
- 6. Marriage: betrothal.
- 7. Marriage.
- 8. Widow remarriage.
- 9. Birth and death.
- 10. Religion: Banjāri Devi.
- 11. Mīthu Bhūkia.
- 12. Siva Bhāia.
- 13. Worship of cattle.
- 14. Connection with the Sikhs.
- 15. Witchcraft.
- 16. Human sacrifice.
- 17. Admission of outsiders: kidnapped children and slaves.
- 18. Dress.
- 19. Social customs.
- 20. The Nāik or headman. Banjāra dogs.
- 21. Criminal tendencies of the caste.
- 22. Their virtues.
- Barai
- Barhai
- Bāri
- Basdewa
- Basor
- Bedar
- Beldār
- Beria, Bedia.
- Bhaina
- Bhāmta or Bhāmtya
- Bharbhūnja
- Bharia
- Bhāt
- 1. Origin of the Bhāts.
- 2. Bhāts and Chārans.
- 3. Lower-class Bhāts.
- 4. Social status of the caste.
- 5. Social customs.
- 6. The Bhāt’s business.
- 7. Their extortionate practices.
- 8. The Jasondhis.
- 9. The Chārans as carriers.
- 10. Suicide and the fear of ghosts.
- 11. Instances of haunting and laying ghosts.
- 12. The Chārans as sureties.
- 13. Suicide as a means of revenge.
- 14. Dharna.
- 15. Casting out spirits.
- 16. Sulking. Going bankrupt.
- 17. Bhāt songs.
- Bhatra
- Bhīl
- 1. General notice. The Bhīls a Kolarian tribe.
- 2. Rājpūts deriving their title to the land from the Bhīls.
- 3. Historical notice.
- 4. General Outram and the Khāndesh Bhīl Corps.
- 5. Subdivisions.
- 6. Exogamy and marriage customs.
- 7. Widow—marriage, divorce and polygamy.
- 8. Religion.
- 9. Witchcraft and amulets.
- 10. Funeral rites.
- 11. Social customs.
- 12. Appearance and characteristics.
- 13. Occupation.
- 14. Language.
- Bhilāla
- Bhishti
- Bhoyar
- Bhuiya
- 1. The tribe and its name.
- 2. Distribution of the tribe.
- 3. Example of the position of the aborigines in Hindu society.
- 4. The Bhuiyas a Kolarian tribe.
- 5. The Baigas and the Bhuiyas. Chhattīsgarh the home of the Baigas.
- 6. The Baigas a branch of the Bhuiyas.
- 7. Tribal sub-divisions.
- 8. Exogamus septs.
- 9. Marriage customs.
- 10. Widow-marriage and divorce.
- 11. Religion.
- 12. Religious dancing.
- 13. Funeral rites and inheritance.
- 14. Physical appearance and occupation.
- 15. Social customs.
- Bhulia
- Bhunjia
- Binjhwār
- Bishnoi
- Bohra
- Brāhman
- 1. Origin and development of the caste.
- 2. Their monopoly of literature.
- 3. Absence of central authority.
- 4. Mixed elements in the caste.
- 5. Caste subdivisions.
- 6. Miscellaneous groups.
- 7. Sectarian divisions.
- 8. Exogamy.
- 9. Restrictions on marriage.
- 10. Hypergamy.
- 11. Marriage customs.
- 12. Polygamy, divorce and treatment of widows.
- 13. Sati or burning of widows.
- 14. Funeral rites and mourning.
- 15. Religion.
- 16. Daily ritual.
- 17. The sacred thread.
- 18. Social position.
- 19. Titles.
- 20. Caste panchāyat and offences.
- 21. Rules about food.
- 22. Dress.
- 23. Tattooing.
- 24. Occupation.
- 25. Character of Brāhmans.
- Brāhman, Ahivāsi
- Brāhman, Jijhotia
- Brāhman, Kanaujia, Kanyakubja
- Brāhman, Khedāwāl
- Brāhman, Mahārāshtra
- Brāhman, Maithil
- Brāhman, Mālwi
- Brāhman, Nāgar
- Brāhman, Nāramdeo
- Brāhman, Sanādhya
- Brāhman, Sarwaria
- Brāhman, Utkal
- Chadār
- Chamār
- 1. General notice of the caste.
- 2. Endogamous divisions.
- 3. Subcastes continued.
- 4. Exogamous divisions.
- 5. Marriage.
- 6. Widow-marriage and divorce.
- 7. Funeral customs.
- 8. Childbirth.
- 9. Religion.
- 10. Occupation.
- 11. The tanning process.
- 12. Shoes.
- 13. Other articles made of leather.
- 14. Customs connected with shoes.
- 15. The Chamār as general village drudge.
- 16. Social status.
- 17. Character.
- Chasa
- Chauhān
- Chhīpa
- Chitāri
- Chitrakathi
- Cutchi
- Dahāit
- Daharia
- Dāngi
- Dāngri
- Darzi
- Dewār
- Dhākar
- Dhangar
- Dhānuk
- Dhanwār
- 1. Origin and traditions.
- 2. Exogamous septs.
- 3. Marriage.
- 4. Festivities of the women of the bridegroom’s party.
- 5. Conclusion of the marriage.
- 6. Widow-marriage and divorce.
- 7. Childbirth.
- 8. Disposal of the dead.
- 9. Religion.
- 10. Magic and witchcraft.
- 11. Social rules.
- 12. Dress and tattooing.
- 13. Names of children.
- 14. Occupation.
- Dhīmar
- Dhoba
- Dhobi
- Dhuri
- Dumāl
- Fakīr
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