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household servant) 291 Kaikari (Basket-maker and vagrant) 296
Kalanga (Soldier, cultivator) 302 Kalar (Liquor vendor) 306 Kamar
(Forest tribe) 323 Kanjar (Gipsies and prostitutes) 331 Kapewar
(Cultivator) 342 Karan (Writer and clerk) 343 Kasai (Butcher) 346
Kasar (Worker in brass) 369 Kasbi (Prostitute) 373 Katia
(Cotton-spinner) 384 Kawar (Forest tribe and cultivator) 389 Kayasth
(Village accountant, writer and clerk) 404 Kewat (Boatman and
fisherman) 422 Khairwar (Forest tribe; boilers of catechu) 427
Khandait (Soldier, cultivator) 436 Khangar (Village watchman and
labourer) 439 Kharia (Forest tribe, labourer) 445 Khatik
(Mutton-butcher) 453 Khatri (Merchant) 456 Khojah (Trader and
shopkeeper) 461 Khond (Forest tribe, cultivator) 464 Kir (Cultivator)
481 Kirar (Cultivator) 485 Kohli (Cultivator) 493 Kol (Forest tribe,
labourer) 500 Kolam (Forest tribe, cultivator) 520 Kolhati (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

Part II--Vol. IV
Kumhar (Potter) 3 Kunbi (Cultivator) 16 Kunjra (Greengrocer) 50
Kuramwar (Shepherd) 52 Kurmi (Cultivator) 55 Lakhera (Worker in
lac) 104 Lodhi (Landowner and cultivator) 112 Lohar (Blacksmith)
120 Lorha (Growers of san-hemp) 126 Mahar (Weaver and labourer)
129 Mahli (Forest tribe) 146 Majhwar (Forest tribe) 149 Mal (Forest
tribe) 153 Mala (Cotton-weaver and labourer) 156 Mali (Gardener and
vegetable-grower) 159 Mallah (Boatman and fisherman) 171 Mana
(Forest tribe, cultivator) 172 Manbhao (Religious mendicant) 176
Mang (Labourer and village musician) 184 Mang-Garori (Criminal
caste) 189 Manihar (Pedlar) 193 Mannewar (Forest tribe) 195 Maratha
(Soldier, cultivator and service) 198 Mehtar (Sweeper and scavenger)
215 Meo (Tribe) 233 Mina or Deswali (Non-Aryan tribe, cultivator)

235 Mirasi (Bard and genealogist) 242 Mochi (Shoemaker) 244 Mowar
(Cultivator) 250 Murha (Digger and navvy) 252 Nagasia (Forest tribe)
257 Nahal (Forest tribe) 259 Nai (Barber) 262 Naoda (Boatman and
fisherman) 283 Nat (Acrobat) 286 Nunia (Salt-refiner, digger and
navvy) 294 Ojha (Augur and soothsayer) 296 Oraon (Forest tribe) 299
Paik (Soldier, cultivator) 321 Panka (Labourer and village watchman)
324 Panwar Rajput (Landowner and cultivator) 330 Pardhan (Minstrel
and priest) 352 Pardhi (Hunter and fowler) 359 Parja (Forest tribe) 371
Pasi (Toddy-drawer and labourer) 380 Patwa (Maker of silk braid and
thread) 385 Pindari (Freebooter) 388 Prabhu (Writer and clerk) 399
Raghuvansi (Cultivator) 403 Rajjhar (Agricultural labourer) 405
Rajput (Soldier and landowner) 410
Rajput Clans
Baghel. Bagri. Bais. Baksaria. Banaphar. Bhadauria. Bisen. Bundela.
Chandel. Chauban. Dhakar. Gaharwar. Gaur. Haihaya. Huna.
Kachhwaha. Nagvansi. Nikumbh. Paik. Parihar. Rathor. Sesodia.
Solankhi. Somvansi. Surajvansi. Tomara. Yadu.
Rajwar (Forest tribe) 470 Ramosi (Village watchmen and labourers,
formerly thieves) 472 Rangrez (Dyer) 477 Rautia (Forest tribe and
cultivators, formerly soldiers) 479 Sanaurhia (Criminal thieving caste)
483 Sansia (Vagrant criminal tribe) 488 Sansia (Uria) (Mason and
digger) 496 Savar (Forest tribe) 500 Sonjhara (Gold-washer) 509 Sudh
(Cultivator) 514 Sunar (Goldsmith and silversmith) 517 Sundi (Liquor
distiller) 534 Tamera (Coppersmith) 536 Taonla (Soldier and labourer)
539 Teli (
Oilman) 542 Thug (Criminal community of murderers by
strangulation) 558 Turi (Bamboo-worker) 588 Velama (Cultivator) 593
Vidur (Village accountant, clerk and writer) 596 Waghya (Religious
mendicant) 603 Yerukala (Criminal thieving caste) 606

Note.--The Gonds are the most important of the non-Aryan or primitive
tribes, and their social customs are described in detail. The Baiga, Bhil,
Kawar, Khond, Kol, Korku and Korwa are other important tribes. The
two representative cultivating castes are the Kurmis and Kunbis, and

the articles on them include detailed descriptions of Hindu social
customs, and some information on villages, houses, dress, food and
manner of life. Articles in which subjects of general interest are treated
are Darzi (clothes), Sunar (ornaments), Kachera and Lakhera (bangles),
Nai (hair), Kalar (veneration of alcoholic liquor), Bania (moneylending
and interest), Kasai (worship and sacrifice of domestic animals), Joshi
(the Hindu calendar and personal names), Bhat (suicide), Dahait
(significance of the umbrella), and Kanjar (connection of Indian and
European gipsies). The articles on Badhak, Sansia and Thug are
compiled from Sir William Sleeman's reports on these communities of
dacoits and murderers, whose suppression he achieved. For further
information the Subject Index may be consulted.

MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Maps
Map of India Frontispiece Map of the Central Provinces Map of the
Central Provinces, showing principal linguistic or racial divisions 6

Illustrations
Volume I
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 verse personified as a goddess 108
7. Image of the god Jagannath, a form of Vishnu 118 8. The god Rama,
an incarnation of Vishnu, with attendant deities 144 9. Hindu bathing
party 158 10. Pilgrims carrying Ganges water 184 11. A meeting of the
Arya Samaj for investing boys with the sacred thread 202 12. Jain
temples at Muktagiri, Betul 220