The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 3

by R. V. Russell

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
• [Gānda] (Weaver and labourer) 14
• [Gandhmāli] (Uriya village priests and temple servants) 17
• [Gārpagāri] (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-Gowāri] (Herdsman) 143
• [Gondhali] (Religious mendicant) 144
• [Gopāl] (Vagrant criminal caste) 147
• [Gosain] (Religious mendicant) 150
• [Gowāri] (Herdsman) 160
• [Gūjar] (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
• [Injhwār] (Boatman and fisherman) 213
• [Jādam] (Cultivator) 217
• [Jādua] (Criminal caste) 219
• [Jangam] (Priest of the Lingāyat sect) 222
• [Jāt] (Landowner and cultivator) 225
• [Jhādi Telenga] (Illegitimate, labourer) 238
• [Jogi] (Religious mendicant and pedlar) 243
• [Joshi] (Astrologer and village priest) 255
• [Julāha] (Weaver) 279
• [Kachera] (Maker of glass bangles) 281
• [Kāchhi] (Vegetable-grower) 285
• [Kadera] (Firework-maker) 288
• [Kahār] (Palanquin-bearer and household servant) 291
• [Kaikāri] (Basket-maker and vagrant) 296
• [Kalanga] (Soldier, cultivator) 302
• [Kalār] (Liquor vendor) 306
• [Kamār] (Forest tribe) 323
• [Kanjar] (Gipsies and prostitutes) 331
• [Kāpewār] (Cultivator) 342
• [Karan] (Writer and clerk) 343
• [Kasai] (Butcher) 346
• [Kasār] (Worker in brass) 369
• [Kasbi] (Prostitute) 373
• [Katia] (Cotton-spinner) 384
• [Kawar] (Forest tribe and cultivator) 389
• [Kāyasth] (Village accountant, writer and clerk) 404
• [Kewat] (Boatman and fisherman) 422
• [Khairwār] (Forest tribe; boilers of catechu) 427
• [Khandait] (Soldier, cultivator) 436
• [Khangār] (Village watchman and labourer) 439
• [Kharia] (Forest tribe, labourer) 445
• [Khatīk] (Mutton-butcher) 453
• [Khatri] (Merchant) 456
• [Khojāh] (Trader and shopkeeper) 461
• [Khond] (Forest tribe, cultivator) 464
• [Kīr] (Cultivator) 481
• [Kirār] (Cultivator) 485
• [Kohli] (Cultivator) 493
• [Kol] (Forest tribe, labourer) 500
• [Kolām] (Forest tribe, cultivator) 520
• [Kolhāti] (Acrobat) 527
• [Koli] (Forest tribe, cultivator) 532
• [Kolta] (Landowner and cultivator) 537
• [Komti] (Merchant and shopkeeper) 542
• [Kori] (Weaver and labourer) 545
• [Korku] (Forest tribe, labourer) 550
• [Korwa] (Forest tribe, cultivator) 571
• [Koshti] (Weaver) 581

Illustrations in Volume III

• Page
• 65. [Gond women grinding corn] 42
• 66. [Palace of the Gond kings of Garha-Mandla at Rāmnagar] 46
• 67. [Gonds on a journey] 62
• 68. [Killing of Rāwan, the demon king of Ceylon, from whom the Gonds are supposed to be descended] 114
• 69. [Woman about to be swung round the post called Meghnāth] 116
• 70. [Climbing the pole for a bag of sugar] 118
• 71. [Gonds with their bamboo carts at market] 122
• 72. [Gond women, showing tattooing on backs of legs] 126
• 73. [Māria Gonds in dancing costume] 136
• 74. [Gondhali musicians and dancers] 144
• 75. [Gosain mendicant] 150
• 76. [Alakhwāle Gosains with faces covered with ashes] 152
• 77. [Gosain mendicants with long hair] 154
• 78. [Famous Gosain Mahant. Photograph taken after death] 156
• 79. [Gūjar village proprietress and her land agent] 168
• 80. [Guraos with figures made at the Holi festival called Gangour] 176
• 81. [Group of Gurao musicians with their instruments] 180
• 82. [Ploughing with cows and buffaloes in Chhattīsgarh] 182
• 83. [Halwai or confectioner’s shop] 202
• 84. [Jogi mendicants of the Kanphata sect] 244
• 85. [Jogi musicians with sārangi or fiddle] 250
• 86. [Kaikaris making baskets] 298
• 87. [Kanjars making ropes] 332
• 88. [A group of Kasārs or brass-workers] 370
• 89. [Dancing girls and musicians] 374
• 90. [Girl in full dress and ornaments] 378
• 91. [Old type of sugarcane mill] 494
• 92. [Group of Kol women] 512
• 93. [Group of Kōlams] 520
• 94. [Korkus of the Melghāt hills] 550
• 95. [Korku women in full dress] 556
• 96. [Koshti men dancing a figure, holding strings and beating sticks] 582