The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2

by R. V. Russell

[2] Ibidem (1891), p. 226.

[3] Ethnographic Notes in Southern India, p. 16.

[4] Madras Census Report (1891), p. 277.

Bania

List of Paragraphs

• [1. General notice.]
• [2. The Banias a true caste: use of the name.]
• [3. Their distinctive occupation.]
• [4. Their distinctive status.]
• [5. The endogamous divisions of the Banias.]
• [6. The Banias derived from the Rājpūts.]
• [7. Banias employed as ministers in Rājpūt courts.]
• [8. Subcastes.]
• [9. Hindu and Jain subcastes: divisions among subcastes.]
• [10. Exogamy and rules regulating marriage.]
• [11. Marriage customs.]
• [12. Polygamy and widow-marriage.]
• [13. Disposal of the dead and mourning.]
• [14. Religion: the god Ganpati or Ganesh.]
• [15. Diwāli festival.]
• [16. Holi festival.]
• [17. Social customs: rules about food.]
• [18. Character of the Bania.]
• [19. Dislike of the cultivators towards him.]
• [20. His virtues.]
• [21. The moneylender changed for the worse.]
• [22. The enforcement of contracts.]
• [23. Cash coinage and the rate of interest.]
• [24. Proprietary and transferable rights in land.]
• [25. The Bania as a landlord.]
• [26. Commercial honesty.]

List of Subordinate Articles on Subcastes

• [1. General notice.]
• [2. The Banias a true caste: use of the name.]
• [3. Their distinctive occupation.]
• [4. Their distinctive status.]
• [5. The endogamous divisions of the Banias.]
• [6. The Banias derived from the Rājpūts.]
• [7. Banias employed as ministers in Rājpūt courts.]
• [8. Subcastes.]
• [9. Hindu and Jain subcastes: divisions among subcastes.]
• [10. Exogamy and rules regulating marriage.]
• [11. Marriage customs.]
• [12. Polygamy and widow-marriage.]
• [13. Disposal of the dead and mourning.]
• [14. Religion: the god Ganpati or Ganesh.]
• [15. Diwāli festival.]
• [16. Holi festival.]
• [17. Social customs: rules about food.]
• [18. Character of the Bania.]
• [19. Dislike of the cultivators towards him.]
• [20. His virtues.]
• [21. The moneylender changed for the worse.]
• [22. The enforcement of contracts.]
• [23. Cash coinage and the rate of interest.]
• [24. Proprietary and transferable rights in land.]
• [25. The Bania as a landlord.]
• [26. Commercial honesty.]

1. General notice.