The tribes and castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Volume 1 (of 4)Crooke, William
History
The tribes and castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Volume 1 (of 4)
Crooke, William
Caste -- India -- History; Hindus -- India; Tribes -- India -- History
3. Altogether twenty-two measurements have been taken of each separate
individual, and although of that number only a few are recognized by
the most eminent authorities on the subject as being of any marked
value in the distinction of race, still I think it would be well to
generally compare all of the anthropometrical measurements before
forming an opinion on the subject. At the end of this article a table
will be found in which are given the averages and indices of each of
the several measurements separately for each caste, the total number of
subjects of all castes taken being 4,906.
4. A glance at the above-mentioned table will show the results, but I
think it will be as well to roughly analyze the most important data as
far as anthropometry is concerned, and then judge of the result of the
enquiry as regards the castes of these Provinces.
5. With this object in view I purpose to take the Nasal and Cephalic
indices and the Facial Angle (that of Cuvier being the one selected as
being the most reliable on the living subject); and I think that the
latter, which gives us more or less roughly the degree of prognathism,
taken together with the Nasal index, will give us the best test
possible.
[The Nasal Index.] 6. To commence then with the Nasal index, one of the
best tests for racial distinction, we find at the top of the list a
medium caste, the Jât, with a nasal index of 55, indicating a very
leptorhine nose, followed by the Brâhman with a nasal index of 59:
third on the list, strange to say, is the Dhânuk, a Dravidian caste,
with an average index of 61, the warlike Râjput being bracketed with
the Gadariya, Lohâr, and with an index of 64, and the cultivated
Kâyasth, many grades below, with an index of 67.
At the bottom of the list we find the Dravidian castes of the Korwa and
Musahar, with an index of 75, and the Agariya with one of 77, all true
Dravidians with more or less mesorhine noses.
TABLE OF NASAL INDICES.
===========+=========++============+=========
Caste. | Average || Caste. | Average
| Index. || | Index.
~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~++~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~
Jât | 55 || * * * |
Brâhman | 59 || * * * |
Dhânuk | 61 || * * * |
Gûjar | 62 || Kâyasth | 67
Banya } | || * * * |
Dhobi } | 63 || Korwa } |
Râjput } | || Musahar } | 75
Bâri } | || Agariya | 77
Gadariya } | || |
Lohâr } | || |
Mâli } | 64 || |
Teli } | || |
Khatîk } | || |
Koeri } | || |
Nat, etc.} | || |
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