The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 3

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Title: The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 3

Author: R. V. Russell

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The Tribes and Castes
of the
Central Provinces of India

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 Bahādur Hīra Lāl
Extra Assistant Commissioner

Published Under the Orders of the Central Provinces Administration
In Four Volumes
Vol. III.
Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin’s Street, London.
1916

Contents of Volume III

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

Page
Gadaria (Shepherd) 3
Gadba (Forest tribe) 9
Gānda (Weaver and labourer) 14
Gandhmāli (Uriya village priests and temple servants) 17
Gārpagāri (Averter of hailstorms) 19
Gauria (Snake-charmer and juggler) 24
Ghasia (Grass-cutter) 27
Ghosi (Buffalo-herdsman) 32
Golar (Herdsman) 35
Gond (Forest tribe and cultivator) 39
Gond-Gowāri (Herdsman) 143
Gondhali (Religious mendicant) 144
Gopāl (Vagrant criminal caste) 147
Gosain (Religious mendicant) 150
Gowāri (Herdsman) 160
Gūjar (Cultivator) 166
Gurao (Village priest) 175
Halba (Forest tribe, labourer) 182
Halwai (Confectioner) 201
Hatkar (Soldier, shepherd) 204
Hijra (Eunuch, mendicant) 206
Holia (Labourer, curing hides) 212
Injhwār (Boatman and fisherman) 213
Jādam (Cultivator) 217
Jādua (Criminal caste) 219
Jangam (Priest of the Lingāyat sect) 222
Jāt (Landowner and cultivator) 225
Jhādi Telenga (Illegitimate, labourer) 238
Jogi (Religious mendicant and pedlar) 243
Joshi (Astrologer and village priest) 255
Julāha (Weaver) 279
Kachera (Maker of glass bangles) 281
Kāchhi (Vegetable-grower) 285
Kadera (Firework-maker) 288
Kahār (Palanquin-bearer and household servant) 291
Kaikāri (Basket-maker and vagrant) 296
Kalanga (Soldier, cultivator) 302
Kalār (Liquor vendor) 306
Kamār (Forest tribe) 323
Kanjar (Gipsies and prostitutes) 331
Kāpewār (Cultivator) 342
Karan (Writer and clerk) 343
Kasai (Butcher) 346
Kasār (Worker in brass) 369
Kasbi (Prostitute) 373
Katia (Cotton-spinner) 384
Kawar (Forest tribe and cultivator) 389
Kāyasth (Village accountant, writer and clerk) 404
Kewat (Boatman and fisherman) 422
Khairwār (Forest tribe; boilers of catechu) 427
Khandait (Soldier, cultivator) 436
Khangār (Village watchman and labourer) 439
Kharia (Forest tribe, labourer) 445
Khatīk (Mutton-butcher) 453
Khatri (Merchant) 456
Khojāh (Trader and shopkeeper) 461
Khond (Forest tribe, cultivator) 464
Kīr (Cultivator) 481
Kirār (Cultivator) 485
Kohli (Cultivator) 493
Kol (Forest tribe, labourer) 500
Kolām (Forest tribe, cultivator) 520
Kolhāti (Acrobat) 527
Koli (Forest tribe, cultivator) 532
Kolta (Landowner and cultivator) 537
Komti (Merchant and shopkeeper) 542
Kori (Weaver and labourer) 545
Korku (Forest tribe, labourer) 550
Korwa (Forest tribe, cultivator) 571
Koshti (Weaver) 581

Illustrations in Volume III

Page
65. Gond women grinding corn 42
66. Palace of the Gond kings of Garha-Mandla at Rāmnagar 46
67. Gonds on a journey 62
68. Killing of Rāwan, the demon king of Ceylon, from whom the Gonds are supposed to be descended 114
69. Woman about to be swung round the post called Meghnāth 116
70. Climbing the pole for a bag of sugar 118
71. Gonds with their bamboo carts at market 122
72. Gond women, showing tattooing on backs of legs 126
73. Māria Gonds in dancing costume 136
74. Gondhali musicians and dancers 144
75. Gosain mendicant 150
76. Alakhwāle Gosains with faces covered with ashes 152
77. Gosain mendicants with long hair 154
78. Famous Gosain Mahant. Photograph taken after death 156
79. Gūjar village proprietress and her land agent 168
80. Guraos with figures made at the Holi festival called Gangour 176
81. Group of Gurao musicians with their instruments 180
82. Ploughing with cows and buffaloes in Chhattīsgarh 182
83. Halwai or confectioner’s shop 202
84. Jogi mendicants of the Kanphata sect 244
85. Jogi musicians with sārangi or fiddle 250
86. Kaikaris making baskets 298
87. Kanjars making ropes 332
88. A group of Kasārs or brass-workers 370
89. Dancing girls and musicians 374
90. Girl in full dress and ornaments 378
91. Old type of sugarcane mill 494
92. Group of Kol women 512
93. Group of Kōlams 520
94. Korkus of the Melghāt hills 550
95. Korku women in full dress 556
96. Koshti men dancing a figure, holding strings and beating sticks 582

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 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.