Loading your reading…

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2 — John Shaqi

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Religion

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2

Name: The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2
Author: Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Caste -- India -- Madhya Pradesh; Ethnology -- India -- Madhya Pradesh; Madhya Pradesh (India) -- Religion; Madhya Pradesh (India) -- Scheduled tribes

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/










        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 Lal
                      Extra Assistant Commissioner


   Published Under the Orders of the Central Provinces Administration

                            In Four Volumes
                               Vol. II.

        Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London.

                                  1916






CONTENTS OF VOLUME II

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



    Agaria (_Iron-worker_)   3
    Agharia (_Cultivator_)   8
    Aghori (_Religious mendicant_)   13
    AHIR (_Herdsman and milkman_)   18
    Andh (_Tribe, now cultivators_)   38
    Arakh (_Hunter_)   40
    Atari (_Scent-seller_)   42
    Audhelia (_Labourer_)   45
    BADHAK (_Robber_)   49
    BAHNA (_Cotton-cleaner_)   69
    Baiga (_Forest tribe_)   77
    Bairagi (_Religious mendicants_)   93
    Balahi (_Labourer and village watchman_)   105
    Balija (_Cultivator_)   108
    BANIA (_Merchant and moneylender_)   111
    Subcastes of Bania

            Agarwala.
            Agrahari.
            Ajudhiabasi.
            Asathi.
            Charnagri.
            Dhusar.
            Dosar.
            Gahoi.
            Golapurab.
            Kasarwani.
            Kasaundhan.
            Khandelwal.
            Lad.
            Lingayat.
            Maheshri.
            Nema.
            Oswal.
            Parwar.
            Srimali.
            Umre.

    BANJARA (_Pack-carrier_)   162
    Barai (_Betel-vine grower and seller_)   192
    Barhai (_Carpenter_)   199
    Bari (_Maker of leaf-plates_)   202
    Basdewa (_Cattle-dealer and religious mendicant_)   204
    Basor (_Bamboo-worker_)   208
    Bedar (_Soldier and public service_)   212
    Beldar (_Digger and navvy_)   215
    Beria (_Vagabond gipsy_)   220
    Bhaina (_Forest tribe_)   225
    Bhamta (_Criminal tribe and labourers_)   234
    Bharbhunja (_Grain-parcher_)   238
    Bharia (_Forest tribe_)   242
    BHAT (_Bard and genealogist_)   251
    Bhatra (_Forest tribe_)   271
    BHIL (_Forest tribe_)   278
    Bhilala (_Landowner and cultivator_)   293
    Bhishti (_Water-man_)   298
    Bhoyar (_Cultivator_)   301
    Bhuiya (_Forest tribe_)   305
    Bhulia (_Weaver_)   319
    Bhunjia (_Forest tribe_)   322
    Binjhwar (_Cultivator_)   329
    Bishnoi (_Cultivator_)   337
    Bohra (_Trader_)   345
    BRAHMAN (_Priest_)   351
    Subcastes of Brahman

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2

No reviews yet