The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 1

1. _The Central Provinces._ 2. _Constitution of the population._ 3. _The word 'Caste.'_ 4. _The meaning of the term 'Caste.'_ 5. _The subcaste._ 6. _Confusion of nomenclature._...

taken from the main articles and are arranged here in index form as an aid to identification. Section or clan names, however, will not usually be found in the main articles. The...

Kumhar (_Potter_) 3 Kunbi (_Cultivator_) 16 Kunjra (_Greengrocer_) 50 Kuramwar (_Shepherd_) 52 Kurmi (_Cultivator_) 55 Lakhera (_Worker in lac_) 104 Lodhi (_Landowner and cultiv...

97. Potter at his wheel 4 98. Group of Kunbis 16 99. Figures of animals made for Pola festival 40 100. Hindu boys on stilts 42 101. Throwing stilts into the water at the Pola fe...

1. Hindu temple of the god Siva 16 2. Hindu sculptures 26 3. Peasant's hut 40 4. Group of religious mendicants 56 5. Drawing water from the village well 72 6. Gayatri or sacred...

31. Aghori mendicant 14 32. Ahirs decorated with cowries for the Stick Dance at Diwali 18 33. Image of Krishna as Murlidhar or the flute-player, with attendant deities 28 34. Ah...

65. Gond women grinding corn 42 66. Palace of the Gond kings of Garha-Mandla at Ramnagar 46 67. Gonds on a journey 62 68. Killing of Rawan, the demon king of Ceylon, from whom t...

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...

Gadaria (_Shepherd_) 3 Gadba (_Forest tribe_) 9 Ganda (_Weaver and labourer_) 14 Gandhmali (_Uriya village priests and temple servants_) 17 Garpagari (_Averter of hailstorms_) 1...

ARYA SAMAJ RELIGION 201 BRAHMO SAMAJ RELIGION 208 Dadupanthi Sect 215 Dhami Sect 216 JAIN RELIGION 219 KABIRPANTHI SECT 232 Lingayat Sect 244 MUHAMMADAN RELIGION 247 Nanakpanthi...

Introductory Essay on Caste Articles on the Religions and Sects of the People of the Central Provinces Glossary of Minor Castes and Other Articles, Synonyms, Subcastes, Titles a...