The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 4

by R. V. Russell

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 Lāl
Extra Assistant Commissioner

Published Under the Orders of the Central Provinces Administration
In Four Volumes
Vol. IV.
Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin’s Street, London.
1916

Contents of Volume IV

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

• [Kumhār] (Potter) 3
• [Kunbi] (Cultivator) 16
• [Kunjra] (Greengrocer) 50
• [Kuramwār] (Shepherd) 52
• [Kurmi] (Cultivator) 55
• [Lakhera] (Worker in lac) 104
• [Lodhi] (Landowner and cultivator) 112
• [Lohār] (Blacksmith) 120
• [Lorha] (Growers of san-hemp) 126
• [Mahār] (Weaver and labourer) 129
• [Mahli] (Forest tribe) 146
• [Majhwar] (Forest tribe) 149
• [Māl] (Forest tribe) 153
• [Māla] (Cotton-weaver and labourer) 156
• [Māli] (Gardener and vegetable-grower) 159
• [Mallāh] (Boatman and fisherman) 171
• [Māna] (Forest tribe, cultivator) 172
• [Mānbhao] (Religious mendicant) 176
• [Māng] (Labourer and village musician) 184
• [Māng-Garori] (Criminal caste) 189
• [Manihār] (Pedlar) 193
• [Mannewār] (Forest tribe) 195
• [Marātha] (Soldier, cultivator and service) 198
• [Mehtar] (Sweeper and scavenge) 215
• [Meo] (Tribe) 233
• [Mīna or Deswāli] (Non-Aryan tribe, cultivator) 235
• [Mirāsi] (Bard and genealogist) 242
• [Mochi] (Shoemaker) 244
• [Mowār] (Cultivator) 250
• [Murha] (Digger and navvy) 252
• [Nagasia] (Forest tribe) 257
• [Nāhal] (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
• [Pāik] (Soldier, cultivator) 321
• [Panka] (Labourer and village watchman) 324
• [Panwār Rājpūt] (Landowner and cultivator) 330
• [Pardhān] (Minstrel and priest) 352
• [Pārdhi] (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].
  • [Chauhān].
  • [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

[Baghel]. [Bāgri]. [Bais]. [Baksaria]. [Banāphar]. [Bhadauria]. [Bisen]. [Bundela]. [Chandel]. [Chauhān]. [Dhākar]. [Gaharwār]. [Gaur]. [Haihaya].

[Hūna]. [Kachhwāha]. [Nāgvansi]. [Nikumbh]. [Pāik]. [Parihār]. [Rāthor]. [Sesodia]. [Solankhi]. [Somvansi]. [Sūrajvansi]. [Tomara]. [Yādu].