Caste feasts—Kurmi 41, Intro. 82, 84

Caste Panchāyat or committee—Alur 17, Brāhman 20, Dhoba 5, Gond 73, Gowāri 7, Halba 18, Kadera 3, Kawar 12, Kol 19, Oraon 27, Pardhān 6, Intro. 93

Caste rules and penalties—Passim. See especially Bharia 7, Brāhman 20, Dhanwār 11, Dhimar 12, Dohor, Gond 73, 74, Gowāri 7, Jāt 13, Kamār 9, Kawar 12, Kol 18, Kurmi 44, Mahār 12, Mehtar 4, Panwār Rājpūt 12, Pārdhi 4, Teli 11

Caste structure—Mehtar 3; origin of—Intro. 3, 4

Cattle, castration of—Chamār 15; slaughter of—Kasai 2; worship of—Banjāra 13, Hatkar 2

Character. See Moral Character

Chārans—Banjāra 2, Bhāt 9, 12

Children, devices for procuring—Kunbi 12, Mehtar 8, Muhammadan R. 7; superstitions about—Gond 31; traffic in—Gānda 2

Choti or scalp-lock—Nai 9

Circumcision—Muhammadan R. 13