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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Book I. E-book. Formato Mobipocket
R. V. Russell
edizioni R. V. Russell collana , 2015
This book is the result of the arrangement made by the Government of India, on the suggestion of the late Sir Herbert Risley, for the preparation of an ethnological account dealing with the inhabitants of each of the principal Provinces of India. The work for the Central Provinces was entrusted to the author, and its...
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Book II. E-book. Formato Mobipocket
R. V. Russell
edizioni R. V. Russell collana , 2015
"Agaria: A small Dravidian caste, who are an offshoot of the Gond tribe. The Agarias have adopted the profession of iron-smelting and form a separate caste. They numbered 9500 persons in 1911 and live on the Maikal range in the Mandla, Raipur and Bilaspur Districts. The name probably signifies a worker with ag or fire....
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Book IV. E-book. Formato Mobipocket
R. V. Russell
edizioni R. V. Russell collana , 2015
Kumhar, Kumbhar.—The caste of potters, the name being derived from the Sanskrit kumbh, a water-pot. The Kumhars numbered nearly 120,000 persons in the Central Provinces in 1911 and were most numerous in the northern and eastern or Hindustani-speaking Districts, where earthen vessels have a greater vogue than in the...