Volume 1 — Detailed List of Contents
Reading edition
Part I
Articles on Religions and Sects
The articles which are considered to be of most general interest are shown in capitals
Arya Samāj Religion 201
Brahmo Samāj Religion 208
Dādupanthi Sect 215
Dhāmi Sect 216
Jain Religion 219
Kabīrpanthi Sect 232
Lingāyat Sect 244
Muhammadan Religion 247
Nānakpanthi Sect 277
Parmārthi Sect 281
Pārsi or Zoroastrian Religion 284
Saiva Sect 302
Sākta Sect 304
Satnāmi Sect 307
Sikh Religion 317
Smārta Sect 325
Swāmi-Nārāyan Sect 326
Vaishnava Sect 330
Vām-Mārgi Sect 333
Wahhābi Sect 335
Articles on Minor Castes and Miscellaneous Notices Included in the Glossary
Agamudayan. Alia. Arab. Are. Arora. Bahelia. Bahrūpia. Bānka. Bargāh. Bayar. Belwār. Besta. Bhānd. Bhātia. Bhima. Bhona. Bind. Birhor. Bopchi. Chenchuwār. Chero. Dāngur. Daraihān. Dhālgar. Dhera. Dohor. Gāndli. Girgira. Goyanda. Hatwa. Jasondhi. Jokhāra. Kāmad. Kāmāthi. Kamma. Kammala. Kandra. Kāst. Khadāl. Khadra. Kotwār. Kumrāwat. Kundera. Londhāri. Mādgi. Malyār. Mangan. Marori. Medara. Mīrdha. Mukeri. Mutrāsi. Nagārchi. Otāri. Pābia. Pahalwān. Panchāl. Pandra. Parka. Periki. Redka. Rohilla. Sais. Santāl. Sātani. Segidi. Siddi. Sidhira. Sikligar. Solaha. Sonkar. Tānti. Tirmale. Tiyar. Vellāla. Wakkaliga.
Part II—Vol. II
Articles on Castes and Tribes of the Central Provinces in Alphabetical Order
Agaria (Iron-worker) 3
Agharia (Cultivator) 8
Aghori (Religious mendicant) 13
Ahīr (Herdsman and milkman) 18
Andh (Tribe, now cultivators) 38
Arakh (Hunter) 40
Atāri (Scent-seller) 42
Audhelia (Labourer) 45
Badhak (Robber) 49
Bahna (Cotton-cleaner) 69
Baiga (Forest tribe) 77
Bairāgi (Religious mendicants) 93
Balāhi (Labourer and village watchman) 105
Balija (Cultivator) 108
Bania (Merchant and moneylender) 111
Subcastes of Bania Agarwāla. Agrahari. Ajudhiabāsi. Asāthi. Charnāgri. Dhūsar. Dosar. Gahoi. Golapūrab. Kasarwāni. Kasaundhan. Khandelwāl. Lād. Lingāyat. Maheshri. Nema. Oswāl. Parwār. Srimāli. Umre.
Banjāra (Pack-carrier) 162
Barai (Betel-vine grower and seller) 192
Barhai (Carpenter) 199
Bāri (Maker of leaf-plates) 202
Basdewa (Cattle-dealer and religious mendicant) 204
Basor (Bamboo-worker) 208
Bedar (Soldier and public service) 212
Beldār (Digger and navvy) 215
Beria (Vagabond gipsy) 220
Bhaina (Forest tribe) 225
Bhāmta (Criminal tribe and labourers) 234
Bharbhūnja (Grain-parcher) 238
Bharia (Forest tribe) 242
Bhāt (Bard and genealogist) 251
Bhatra (Forest tribe) 271
Bhīl (Forest tribe) 278
Bhilāla (Landowner and cultivator) 293
Bhishti (Water-man) 298
Bhoyar (Cultivator) 301
Bhuiya (Forest tribe) 305
Bhulia (Weaver) 319
Bhunjia (Forest tribe) 322
Binjhwār (Cultivator) 329
Bishnoi (Cultivator) 337
Bohra (Trader) 345
Brāhman (Priest) 351
Subcastes of Brāhman Ahivāsi. Jijhotia. Kanaujia, Kanyakubja. Khedāwāl. Mahārāshtra. Maithil. Mālwi. Nāgar. Nāramdeo. Sanādhya. Sarwaria. Utkal.
Chadār (Village watchman and labourer) 400
Chamār (Tanner and labourer) 403
Chasa (Cultivator) 424
Chauhān (Village watchman and labourer) 427
Chhīpa (Dyer and calico-printer) 429
Chitāri (Painter) 432
Chitrakathi (Picture showman) 438
Cutchi (Trader and shopkeeper) 440
Dahāit (Village watchman and labourer) 444
Daharia (Cultivator) 453
Dāngi (Landowner and cultivator) 457
Dāngri (Vegetable-grower) 463
Darzi (Tailor) 466
Dewār (Beggar and musician) 472
Dhākar (Illegitimate, cultivator) 477
Dhangar (Shepherd) 480
Dhānuk (Bowman, labourer) 484
Dhanwār (Forest tribe) 488
Dhīmar (Fisherman, water-carrier, and household servant) 502
Dhoba (Forest tribe, cultivator) 515
Dhobi (Washerman) 519
Dhuri (Grain-parcher) 527
Dumāl (Cultivator) 530
Fakīr (Religious mendicant) 537
Part II—Vol. III
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
Part II—Vol. IV
Kumhār (Potter) 3
Kunbi (Cultivator) 16
Kunjra (Greengrocer) 50
Kuramwār (Shepherd) 52
Kurmi (Cultivator) 55
Lakhera (Worker in lac) 104
Lodhi (Landowner and cultivator) 112
Lohār (Blacksmith) 120
Lorha (Growers of san-hemp) 126
Mahār (Weaver and labourer) 129
Mahli (Forest tribe) 146
Majhwār (Forest tribe) 149
Māl (Forest tribe) 153
Māla (Cotton-weaver and labourer) 156
Māli (Gardener and vegetable-grower) 159
Mallāh (Boatman and fisherman) 171
Māna (Forest tribe, cultivator) 172
Mānbhao (Religious mendicant) 176
Māng (Labourer and village musician) 184
Māng-Garori (Criminal caste) 189
Manihār (Pedlar) 193
Mannewār (Forest tribe) 195
Marātha (Soldier, cultivator and service) 198
Mehtar (Sweeper and scavenger) 215
Meo (Tribe) 233
Mīna or Deswāli (Non-Aryan tribe, cultivator) 235
Mirāsi (Bard and genealogist) 242
Mochi (Shoemaker) 244
Mowar (Cultivator) 250
Murha (Digger and navvy) 252
Nagasia (Forest tribe) 257
Nāhal (Forest tribe) 259
Nai (Barber) 262
Naoda (Boatman and fisherman) 283
Nat (Acrobat) 286
Nunia (Salt-refiner, digger and navvy) 294
Ojha (Augur and soothsayer) 296
Oraon (Forest tribe) 299
Pāik (Soldier, cultivator) 321
Panka (Labourer and village watchman) 324
Panwār Rājpūt (Landowner and cultivator) 330
Pardhān (Minstrel and priest) 352
Pārdhī (Hunter and fowler) 359
Parja (Forest tribe) 371
Pāsi (Toddy-drawer and labourer) 380
Patwa (Maker of silk braid and thread) 385
Pindāri (Freebooter) 388
Prabhu (Writer and clerk) 399
Rāghuvansi (Cultivator) 403
Rājjhar (Agricultural labourer) 405
Rājpūt (Soldier and landowner) 410
Rājpūt Clans Baghel. Bāgri. Bais. Baksaria. Banāphar. Bhadauria. Bisen. Bundela. Chandel. Chaubān. Dhākar. Gaharwār. Gaur. Haihaya. Hūna. Kachhwāha. Nāgvansi. Nikumbh. Pāik. Parihār. Rāthor. Sesodia. Solankhi. Somvansi. Sūrajvansi. Tomara. Yādu.
Rajwār (Forest tribe) 470
Rāmosi (Village watchmen and labourers, formerly thieves) 472
Rangrez (Dyer) 477
Rautia (Forest tribe and cultivators, formerly soldiers) 479
Sanaurhia (Criminal thieving caste) 483
Sānsia (Vagrant criminal tribe) 488
Sānsia (Uria) (Mason and digger) 496
Savar (Forest tribe) 500
Sonjhara (Gold-washer) 509
Sudh (Cultivator) 514
Sunār (Goldsmith and silversmith) 517
Sundi (Liquor distiller) 534
Tamera (Coppersmith) 536
Taonla (Soldier and labourer) 539
Teli (Oilman) 542
Thug (Criminal community of murderers by strangulation) 558
Turi (Bamboo-worker) 588
Velama (Cultivator) 593
Vidur (Village accountant, clerk and writer) 596
Wāghya (Religious mendicant) 603
Yerūkala (Criminal thieving caste) 606
Note.—The Gonds are the most important of the non-Aryan or primitive tribes, and their social customs are described in detail. The Baiga, Bhīl, Kawar, Khond, Kol, Korku and Korwa are other important tribes. The two representative cultivating castes are the Kurmis and Kunbis, and the articles on them include detailed descriptions of Hindu social customs, and some information on villages, houses, dress, food and manner of life. Articles in which subjects of general interest are treated are Darzi (clothes), Sunār (ornaments), Kachera and Lakhera (bangles), Nai (hair), Kalār (veneration of alcoholic liquor), Bania (moneylending and interest), Kasai (worship and sacrifice of domestic animals), Joshi (the Hindu calendar and personal names), Bhāt (suicide), Dahait (significance of the umbrella), and Kanjar (connection of Indian and European gipsies). The articles on Badhak, Sānsia and Thug are compiled from Sir William Sleeman’s reports on these communities of dacoits and murderers, whose suppression he achieved. For further information the Subject Index may be consulted.