The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume IV Part 54

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume IV Part 54

[59] 2 lbs.


[60] Elliot, _Hoshangabad Settlement Report_, p. 115.


[61] The custom is pointed out by Mr. A. K. Smith, C.S.


[62] _Central Provinces Census Report_ (1911), p. 153.


[63] _C.P. Census Report_ (1911), p. 153.


[64] Or his big toe.


[65] _C.P. Census Report_ (1911), p. 158.


[66] In _Indian Folk Tales_.


[67] _Ficus R_.


[68] He is also known as Katia or Kattaha Brahman and as Mahapatra.


[69] _Indian Folk Tales_, p. 54.


[70] _Sorghum vulgare_, a large millet.


[71] Dr. Jevons, _Introduction to the History of Religion_, p. 365.


[72] A measure of 400 lbs.


[73] _Butea frondosa_.


[74] A measure containing 9 lb. 2 oz. of rice.


[75] _Ficus glomerata_.


[76] From Ganga, or the Ganges, and _ala_ a pot.


[77] _Caja.n.u.s indicus_.


[78] _Phaseolus mungo_.


[79] _Phaseolus radiatus_.


[80] _Bombax malabaric.u.m_.


[81] _Acacia arabica_.


[82] _Ca.s.sia tora_.


[83] _Punjab Census Report_ (1881), p. 340.


[84] _Schleichera trijuga_.


[85] _Hindus of Gujarat_, App., art. Vaghri, footnote.


[86] _Religion of the Semites_.


[87] Mackintosh, _Report on the Manbhaos._.


[88] See articles on Khairwar and Kewat.


[89] Colonel Wards _Mandia Settlement Report_ p. 29.


[90] _Brief View of the Caste System_, p. 14.


[91] _Symplocos racemosa_.


[92] Raja Lachman Singhs _Bulandshahr Memo,_ p. 182, quoted in Mr. Crookes _Tribes and Castes_, art. Lodha.


[93] _Narsinghpur Settlement Report_ (1866), p. 28.


[94] _Nagpur Settlement Report_, p. 24.


[95] A small millet.


[96] Every twelfth year when the planet Jupiter is in conjunction with the constellation Sinh (Leo).


[97] _Butea Frondosa_.


[98] This is known as _lodha_.


[99] The Rajjhars are a low caste of farmservants and labourers, probably an offshoot of the Bhar tribe.


[100] _Tribes and Castes of the N.W.P. and Oudh_, art. Lohar.


[101] Dowson, _Cla.s.sical Dictionary, s.v._


[102] In Uriya the term, _Ghantrabela_ means a person who has illicit intercourse with another. The Ghantra Lohars are thus probably of b.a.s.t.a.r.d origin, like the groups known as half-castes and others which are frequently found.


[103] _Punjab Census Report_ (1881), para. 624. (Ibbetson.)


[104] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal,_ art. Lohar


[105] About 15 acres.


[106] _Berar Census Report_, 1881 (Kitts).


[107] _Punjab Ethnography_, para. 624.


[108] _Bombay Gazetteer_, xvi. 82.