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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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Original Title Page.

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

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.