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        THE TRIBES AND CASTES OF THE CENTRAL PROVINCES OF INDIA

                                   By

                              R.V. RUSSELL
   Of the Indian Civil Service Superintendent of Ethnography, Central
                               Provinces
                              Assisted by
                          Rai Bahadur Hira Lal
                      Extra Assistant Commissioner


   Published Under the Orders of the Central Provinces Administration

                            In Four Volumes
                               Vol. III.

        Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London.

                                  1916







CONTENTS OF VOLUME III

Articles on Castes and Tribes of the Central Provinces in Alphabetical
Order

The articles which are considered to be of most general interest are
shown in capitals


                                                             Page
    Gadaria (Shepherd)                                          3
    Gadba (Forest tribe)                                        9
    Ganda (Weaver and labourer)                                14
    Gandhmali (Uriya village priests and temple servants)      17
    Garpagari (Averter of hailstorms)                          19
    Gauria (Snake-charmer and juggler)                         24
    Ghasia (Grass-cutter)                                      27
    Ghosi (Buffalo-herdsman)                                   32
    Golar (Herdsman)                                           35
    Gond (Forest tribe and cultivator)                         39
    Gond-Gowari (Herdsman)                                    143
    Gondhali (Religious mendicant)                            144
    Gopal (Vagrant criminal caste)                            147
    Gosain (Religious mendicant)                              150
    Gowari (Herdsman)                                         160
    Gujar (Cultivator)                                        166
    Gurao (Village priest)                                    175
    Halba (Forest tribe, labourer)                            182
    Halwai (Confectioner)                                     201
    Hatkar (Soldier, shepherd)                                204
    Hijra (Eunuch, mendicant)                                 206
    Holia (Labourer, curing hides)                            212
    Injhwar (Boatman and fisherman)                           213
    Jadam (Cultivator)                                        217
    Jadua (Criminal caste)                                    219
    Jangam (Priest of the Lingayat sect)                      222
    Jat (Landowner and cultivator)                            225
    Jhadi Telenga (Illegitimate, labourer)                    238
    Jogi (Religious mendicant and pedlar)                     243
    Joshi (Astrologer and village priest)                     255
    Julaha (Weaver)                                           279
    Kachera (Maker of glass bangles)                          281
    Kachhi (Vegetable-grower)                                 285
    Kadera (Firework-maker)                                   288
    Kahar (Palanquin-bearer and 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
