TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reading edition
Introduction xiii
Bibliography xvii
Glossary xix
PART I
THE LUSHEI CLANS
CHAPTER I PAGE
General 1
1. Habitat. 2. Appearance and physical characteristics. 3. History. 4. Affinities. 5. Dress. 6. Tattooing. 7. Ornaments. 8. Weapons.
CHAPTER II
Domestic Life 17
1. Occupation. 2. Weights and Measures. 3. Villages. 4. Houses. 5. Furniture. 6. Implements—Agricultural, Musical, Household. 7. Manufactures—Basket work, Pottery, Brass work, Iron work, Cloth manufacture, Dyeing, Ornamentation. 8. Domestic animals. 9. Agriculture. 10. Hunting and fishing. 11. Food and drink. 12. Amusements—Dances, Athletics, Games.
CHAPTER III
Laws and Customs 41
1. Internal structure—Formation and constitution of the Clan, Sub-division into Families and Branches. 2. Tribal organisation—The Chief, Village officials, Rights of chief, Boi, Sāl, &c. 3. Marriage—Bride-price, Divorce, Widow remarriage. 4. Female chastity. 5. Inheritance—Adoption. 6. Offences regarding property. 7. Offences connected with the body. 8. Decisions of disputes. 9. War and head-hunting—Ambushing, Raiding, First use of guns, Head-hunting.
CHAPTER IV
Religion 61
1. General form of religious beliefs—Pathian the Creator, Other spirits, The world beyond the grave, Re-incarnation. 2. Ancestor worship—Offerings to the dead, Possession by spirit of the dead. 3. Worship of natural forces and deities—Spirits of hill, vale, and stream, The Lāshi. 4. Religious rites and ceremonies—Definitions of terms used, Sacrifices, Epidemics, “Ai” sacrifice. 5. Priesthood. 6. Ceremonies connected with childbirth. 7. Marriage ceremonies. 8. Funerals—Description, Disposal of corpse of infants, Lukawng, Unnatural deaths. 9. Festivals—Connected with crops, “Thāngchhuah feasts,” “Buh-ai.”
CHAPTER V
Folk-lore 92
1. Legends—Creation and natural phenomena, Nomenclature of hills, &c., Animal tales, Mythical heroes. 2. Superstitions—Connected with cultivation, with animals, house building, miscellaneous. 3. Snake worship—“Rulpui,” “The great snake,” Other superstitions regarding snakes. 4. Omens. 5. Witchcraft—“Khuavang zawl,” “Khawhring,” Origin of.
CHAPTER VI.
Language 113
Lushai or Dulien, Grammar, Word for word translation.
APPENDIX
Families and Branches of Lushei Clan 125
PART II
THE NON-LUSHEI CLANS
INTRODUCTORY
Division of Clans into Five Groups 129
CHAPTER I
Clans included in the term Lushai 130
Chawte, Chongthu, Hnāmte, Kawlni, Kawlhring, Kiangte, Ngente, Paotu, Rentlei, Vāngchhia, Zawngte.
CHAPTER II
Clans which, though not absorbed, have been much influenced by the Lushais 136
Fanai, Ralte, Paihte or Vuite, Rangte.
CHAPTER III
The old Kuki Clans 148
The old Kuki Clans of Manipur, Aimol, Anal, Chawte, Chiru, Kolhen, Kom, Lamgang, Purum, Tikhup, Vaiphei. Other old Kuki Clans, Khawtlang and Khawchhak.
CHAPTER IV
The Thado Clan 189
CHAPTER V
The Lakher or Mara Clan 213
CHAPTER VI
Language 225
Resemblances between languages of clans, Change of certain letters, Comparative vocabulary.