Detailed List of Contents
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
Panka (Labourer and village watchman) 324
Panwār Rājpūt (Landowner and cultivator) 330
Pardhān (Minstrel and priest) 352
Pārdhī (Hunter and fowler) 359
Parja (Forest tribe) 371
Pāsi (Toddy-drawer and labourer) 380
Patwa (Maker of silk braid and thread) 385
Pindāri (Freebooter) 388
Prabhu (Writer and clerk) 399
Rāghuvansi (Cultivator) 403
Rājjhar (Agricultural labourer) 405
Rājpūt (Soldier and landowner) 410
Rājpūt Clans Baghel. Bāgri. Bais. Baksaria. Banāphar. Bhadauria. Bisen. Bundela. Chandel. Chaubān. Dhākar. Gaharwār. Gaur. Haihaya. Hūna. Kachhwāha. Nāgvansi. Nikumbh. Pāik. Parihār. Rāthor. Sesodia. Solankhi. Somvansi. Sūrajvansi. Tomara. Yādu.
Rajwār (Forest tribe) 470
Rāmosi (Village watchmen and labourers, formerly thieves) 472
Rangrez (Dyer) 477
Rautia (Forest tribe and cultivators, formerly soldiers) 479
Sanaurhia (Criminal thieving caste) 483
Sānsia (Vagrant criminal tribe) 488
Sānsia (Uria) (Mason and digger) 496
Savar (Forest tribe) 500
Sonjhara (Gold-washer) 509
Sudh (Cultivator) 514
Sunār (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
Wāghya (Religious mendicant) 603
Yerūkala (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, Bhīl, 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), Sunār (ornaments), Kachera and Lakhera (bangles), Nai (hair), Kalār (veneration of alcoholic liquor), Bania (moneylending and interest), Kasai (worship and sacrifice of domestic animals), Joshi (the Hindu calendar and personal names), Bhāt (suicide), Dahait (significance of the umbrella), and Kanjar (connection of Indian and European gipsies). The articles on Badhak, Sānsia 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.