1The country of Gondwāna properly included the Satpūra plateau and a section of the Nāgpur plain and Nerbudda valley to the south and west.2Early History of India, 3rd ed. p. 337.3Art. Gondwāna.4Linguistic Survey, Munda and Dravidian Languages, iv. p. 285.5Notes, p. 15.6Garha is six miles from Jubbulpore.7See article on Kol.8Mr. Standen’sBetūl Settlement Report.9The argument in this section will be followed more easily if read after the legend in the following paragraphs.10Highlands of Central India(Chapman & Hall).11Deo-khullaor threshing-floor of the gods. See section on Religion.12Passage from Mr. Hislop’s version.13Dhūpgarh in Pachmarhi might be indicated, which has a steep summit.14Terminalia arjuna.15This extract is reproduced by permission of the publishers, Messrs. Chapman & Hall, London.16Tekām the teak tree, Markām the mango tree, and Telengām the Telugu. These are the names of well-known exogamous septs.17See section on Religion.18See also art. Kahār.19The theory is stated and explained in vol. iv. ofExogamy and Totemism.20See para. 15.21Boswellia serrata.22Semecarpusanacardium.23Anogeissus latifolia.24Diosypyros tomentosa.25One rupee = 1s. 4d.26From Mr. Langhorne’s monograph.27The above rite has some resemblance to the test required of the suitors of Penelope in theOdysseyof bending the bow of Odysseus and shooting an arrow through the axes, which they could not perform.28The information on child-birth is obtained from papers by Mr. Durga Prasād Pānde, Extra Assistant Commissioner, and the Rev. Mr. Franzen of Chhindwāra, and from notes taken in Mandla.29See articles on Kunbi, Kurmi, and Mehtar.30Boswellia serrata.31The following examples of names were furnished by the Rev. Mr. Franzen and Mr. D. P. Pande.32See article on Kurmi.33Boswellia serrata.34Deputy-Commissioner, Chhīndwāra. The note was contributed to theCentral Provinces Census Reportfor 1881 (Mr. Drysdale).35Ghora, a horse.36Diospyros tomentosa.37Cassia fistula.38This is incorrect, at present at any rate, as the Karma is danced during the harvest period. But it is probable that the ritual observances for communal fishing and hunting have now fallen into abeyance.39C. P. Gazetteer(1871), Introduction, p. 130.40This section contains some information furnished by R. B.HīraLāl.41Notes on the Gonds, pp. 15, 16.42Indian Caste, i. p. 325.43See article Birhor.44See article Bhunjia.45Notes, p. 1.46Highlands of Central India, p. 156.47Report on Bastar Dependency, p. 41.48Assessment of revenue for land.49Quoted inC.P. Gazetteer(1871), Introduction, p. 113.50Chhīndwāra Settlement Report.51Report on Bastar Dependency, p. 43.52Ind. Ant.(1876), p. 359.53Seepara.65, Tattooing.54Seepara.41, Religion.55Balaghat District Gazetteer, p. 87.56Rāwan was the demon king of Ceylon who fought against Rāma, and from whom the Gonds are supposed to be descended. Hence this song may perhaps refer to a Gond revolt against the Hindus.57TheamaltasorCassia fistula, which has flowers like a laburnum. The idea is perhaps that its leaves are too small to make a proper leaf-cup, and she will not take the trouble to get suitable leaves.58Hislop,Notes, p. 2.59Chhindwāra Settlement Report.
1The country of Gondwāna properly included the Satpūra plateau and a section of the Nāgpur plain and Nerbudda valley to the south and west.2Early History of India, 3rd ed. p. 337.3Art. Gondwāna.4Linguistic Survey, Munda and Dravidian Languages, iv. p. 285.5Notes, p. 15.6Garha is six miles from Jubbulpore.7See article on Kol.8Mr. Standen’sBetūl Settlement Report.9The argument in this section will be followed more easily if read after the legend in the following paragraphs.10Highlands of Central India(Chapman & Hall).11Deo-khullaor threshing-floor of the gods. See section on Religion.12Passage from Mr. Hislop’s version.13Dhūpgarh in Pachmarhi might be indicated, which has a steep summit.14Terminalia arjuna.15This extract is reproduced by permission of the publishers, Messrs. Chapman & Hall, London.16Tekām the teak tree, Markām the mango tree, and Telengām the Telugu. These are the names of well-known exogamous septs.17See section on Religion.18See also art. Kahār.19The theory is stated and explained in vol. iv. ofExogamy and Totemism.20See para. 15.21Boswellia serrata.22Semecarpusanacardium.23Anogeissus latifolia.24Diosypyros tomentosa.25One rupee = 1s. 4d.26From Mr. Langhorne’s monograph.27The above rite has some resemblance to the test required of the suitors of Penelope in theOdysseyof bending the bow of Odysseus and shooting an arrow through the axes, which they could not perform.28The information on child-birth is obtained from papers by Mr. Durga Prasād Pānde, Extra Assistant Commissioner, and the Rev. Mr. Franzen of Chhindwāra, and from notes taken in Mandla.29See articles on Kunbi, Kurmi, and Mehtar.30Boswellia serrata.31The following examples of names were furnished by the Rev. Mr. Franzen and Mr. D. P. Pande.32See article on Kurmi.33Boswellia serrata.34Deputy-Commissioner, Chhīndwāra. The note was contributed to theCentral Provinces Census Reportfor 1881 (Mr. Drysdale).35Ghora, a horse.36Diospyros tomentosa.37Cassia fistula.38This is incorrect, at present at any rate, as the Karma is danced during the harvest period. But it is probable that the ritual observances for communal fishing and hunting have now fallen into abeyance.39C. P. Gazetteer(1871), Introduction, p. 130.40This section contains some information furnished by R. B.HīraLāl.41Notes on the Gonds, pp. 15, 16.42Indian Caste, i. p. 325.43See article Birhor.44See article Bhunjia.45Notes, p. 1.46Highlands of Central India, p. 156.47Report on Bastar Dependency, p. 41.48Assessment of revenue for land.49Quoted inC.P. Gazetteer(1871), Introduction, p. 113.50Chhīndwāra Settlement Report.51Report on Bastar Dependency, p. 43.52Ind. Ant.(1876), p. 359.53Seepara.65, Tattooing.54Seepara.41, Religion.55Balaghat District Gazetteer, p. 87.56Rāwan was the demon king of Ceylon who fought against Rāma, and from whom the Gonds are supposed to be descended. Hence this song may perhaps refer to a Gond revolt against the Hindus.57TheamaltasorCassia fistula, which has flowers like a laburnum. The idea is perhaps that its leaves are too small to make a proper leaf-cup, and she will not take the trouble to get suitable leaves.58Hislop,Notes, p. 2.59Chhindwāra Settlement Report.
1The country of Gondwāna properly included the Satpūra plateau and a section of the Nāgpur plain and Nerbudda valley to the south and west.2Early History of India, 3rd ed. p. 337.3Art. Gondwāna.4Linguistic Survey, Munda and Dravidian Languages, iv. p. 285.5Notes, p. 15.6Garha is six miles from Jubbulpore.7See article on Kol.8Mr. Standen’sBetūl Settlement Report.9The argument in this section will be followed more easily if read after the legend in the following paragraphs.10Highlands of Central India(Chapman & Hall).11Deo-khullaor threshing-floor of the gods. See section on Religion.12Passage from Mr. Hislop’s version.13Dhūpgarh in Pachmarhi might be indicated, which has a steep summit.14Terminalia arjuna.15This extract is reproduced by permission of the publishers, Messrs. Chapman & Hall, London.16Tekām the teak tree, Markām the mango tree, and Telengām the Telugu. These are the names of well-known exogamous septs.17See section on Religion.18See also art. Kahār.19The theory is stated and explained in vol. iv. ofExogamy and Totemism.20See para. 15.21Boswellia serrata.22Semecarpusanacardium.23Anogeissus latifolia.24Diosypyros tomentosa.25One rupee = 1s. 4d.26From Mr. Langhorne’s monograph.27The above rite has some resemblance to the test required of the suitors of Penelope in theOdysseyof bending the bow of Odysseus and shooting an arrow through the axes, which they could not perform.28The information on child-birth is obtained from papers by Mr. Durga Prasād Pānde, Extra Assistant Commissioner, and the Rev. Mr. Franzen of Chhindwāra, and from notes taken in Mandla.29See articles on Kunbi, Kurmi, and Mehtar.30Boswellia serrata.31The following examples of names were furnished by the Rev. Mr. Franzen and Mr. D. P. Pande.32See article on Kurmi.33Boswellia serrata.34Deputy-Commissioner, Chhīndwāra. The note was contributed to theCentral Provinces Census Reportfor 1881 (Mr. Drysdale).35Ghora, a horse.36Diospyros tomentosa.37Cassia fistula.38This is incorrect, at present at any rate, as the Karma is danced during the harvest period. But it is probable that the ritual observances for communal fishing and hunting have now fallen into abeyance.39C. P. Gazetteer(1871), Introduction, p. 130.40This section contains some information furnished by R. B.HīraLāl.41Notes on the Gonds, pp. 15, 16.42Indian Caste, i. p. 325.43See article Birhor.44See article Bhunjia.45Notes, p. 1.46Highlands of Central India, p. 156.47Report on Bastar Dependency, p. 41.48Assessment of revenue for land.49Quoted inC.P. Gazetteer(1871), Introduction, p. 113.50Chhīndwāra Settlement Report.51Report on Bastar Dependency, p. 43.52Ind. Ant.(1876), p. 359.53Seepara.65, Tattooing.54Seepara.41, Religion.55Balaghat District Gazetteer, p. 87.56Rāwan was the demon king of Ceylon who fought against Rāma, and from whom the Gonds are supposed to be descended. Hence this song may perhaps refer to a Gond revolt against the Hindus.57TheamaltasorCassia fistula, which has flowers like a laburnum. The idea is perhaps that its leaves are too small to make a proper leaf-cup, and she will not take the trouble to get suitable leaves.58Hislop,Notes, p. 2.59Chhindwāra Settlement Report.
1The country of Gondwāna properly included the Satpūra plateau and a section of the Nāgpur plain and Nerbudda valley to the south and west.2Early History of India, 3rd ed. p. 337.3Art. Gondwāna.4Linguistic Survey, Munda and Dravidian Languages, iv. p. 285.5Notes, p. 15.6Garha is six miles from Jubbulpore.7See article on Kol.8Mr. Standen’sBetūl Settlement Report.9The argument in this section will be followed more easily if read after the legend in the following paragraphs.10Highlands of Central India(Chapman & Hall).11Deo-khullaor threshing-floor of the gods. See section on Religion.12Passage from Mr. Hislop’s version.13Dhūpgarh in Pachmarhi might be indicated, which has a steep summit.14Terminalia arjuna.15This extract is reproduced by permission of the publishers, Messrs. Chapman & Hall, London.16Tekām the teak tree, Markām the mango tree, and Telengām the Telugu. These are the names of well-known exogamous septs.17See section on Religion.18See also art. Kahār.19The theory is stated and explained in vol. iv. ofExogamy and Totemism.20See para. 15.21Boswellia serrata.22Semecarpusanacardium.23Anogeissus latifolia.24Diosypyros tomentosa.25One rupee = 1s. 4d.26From Mr. Langhorne’s monograph.27The above rite has some resemblance to the test required of the suitors of Penelope in theOdysseyof bending the bow of Odysseus and shooting an arrow through the axes, which they could not perform.28The information on child-birth is obtained from papers by Mr. Durga Prasād Pānde, Extra Assistant Commissioner, and the Rev. Mr. Franzen of Chhindwāra, and from notes taken in Mandla.29See articles on Kunbi, Kurmi, and Mehtar.30Boswellia serrata.31The following examples of names were furnished by the Rev. Mr. Franzen and Mr. D. P. Pande.32See article on Kurmi.33Boswellia serrata.34Deputy-Commissioner, Chhīndwāra. The note was contributed to theCentral Provinces Census Reportfor 1881 (Mr. Drysdale).35Ghora, a horse.36Diospyros tomentosa.37Cassia fistula.38This is incorrect, at present at any rate, as the Karma is danced during the harvest period. But it is probable that the ritual observances for communal fishing and hunting have now fallen into abeyance.39C. P. Gazetteer(1871), Introduction, p. 130.40This section contains some information furnished by R. B.HīraLāl.41Notes on the Gonds, pp. 15, 16.42Indian Caste, i. p. 325.43See article Birhor.44See article Bhunjia.45Notes, p. 1.46Highlands of Central India, p. 156.47Report on Bastar Dependency, p. 41.48Assessment of revenue for land.49Quoted inC.P. Gazetteer(1871), Introduction, p. 113.50Chhīndwāra Settlement Report.51Report on Bastar Dependency, p. 43.52Ind. Ant.(1876), p. 359.53Seepara.65, Tattooing.54Seepara.41, Religion.55Balaghat District Gazetteer, p. 87.56Rāwan was the demon king of Ceylon who fought against Rāma, and from whom the Gonds are supposed to be descended. Hence this song may perhaps refer to a Gond revolt against the Hindus.57TheamaltasorCassia fistula, which has flowers like a laburnum. The idea is perhaps that its leaves are too small to make a proper leaf-cup, and she will not take the trouble to get suitable leaves.58Hislop,Notes, p. 2.59Chhindwāra Settlement Report.
1The country of Gondwāna properly included the Satpūra plateau and a section of the Nāgpur plain and Nerbudda valley to the south and west.
2Early History of India, 3rd ed. p. 337.
3Art. Gondwāna.
4Linguistic Survey, Munda and Dravidian Languages, iv. p. 285.
5Notes, p. 15.
6Garha is six miles from Jubbulpore.
7See article on Kol.
8Mr. Standen’sBetūl Settlement Report.
9The argument in this section will be followed more easily if read after the legend in the following paragraphs.
10Highlands of Central India(Chapman & Hall).
11Deo-khullaor threshing-floor of the gods. See section on Religion.
12Passage from Mr. Hislop’s version.
13Dhūpgarh in Pachmarhi might be indicated, which has a steep summit.
14Terminalia arjuna.
15This extract is reproduced by permission of the publishers, Messrs. Chapman & Hall, London.
16Tekām the teak tree, Markām the mango tree, and Telengām the Telugu. These are the names of well-known exogamous septs.
17See section on Religion.
18See also art. Kahār.
19The theory is stated and explained in vol. iv. ofExogamy and Totemism.
20See para. 15.
21Boswellia serrata.
22Semecarpusanacardium.
23Anogeissus latifolia.
24Diosypyros tomentosa.
25One rupee = 1s. 4d.
26From Mr. Langhorne’s monograph.
27The above rite has some resemblance to the test required of the suitors of Penelope in theOdysseyof bending the bow of Odysseus and shooting an arrow through the axes, which they could not perform.
28The information on child-birth is obtained from papers by Mr. Durga Prasād Pānde, Extra Assistant Commissioner, and the Rev. Mr. Franzen of Chhindwāra, and from notes taken in Mandla.
29See articles on Kunbi, Kurmi, and Mehtar.
30Boswellia serrata.
31The following examples of names were furnished by the Rev. Mr. Franzen and Mr. D. P. Pande.
32See article on Kurmi.
33Boswellia serrata.
34Deputy-Commissioner, Chhīndwāra. The note was contributed to theCentral Provinces Census Reportfor 1881 (Mr. Drysdale).
35Ghora, a horse.
36Diospyros tomentosa.
37Cassia fistula.
38This is incorrect, at present at any rate, as the Karma is danced during the harvest period. But it is probable that the ritual observances for communal fishing and hunting have now fallen into abeyance.
39C. P. Gazetteer(1871), Introduction, p. 130.
40This section contains some information furnished by R. B.HīraLāl.
41Notes on the Gonds, pp. 15, 16.
42Indian Caste, i. p. 325.
43See article Birhor.
44See article Bhunjia.
45Notes, p. 1.
46Highlands of Central India, p. 156.
47Report on Bastar Dependency, p. 41.
48Assessment of revenue for land.
49Quoted inC.P. Gazetteer(1871), Introduction, p. 113.
50Chhīndwāra Settlement Report.
51Report on Bastar Dependency, p. 43.
52Ind. Ant.(1876), p. 359.
53Seepara.65, Tattooing.
54Seepara.41, Religion.
55Balaghat District Gazetteer, p. 87.
56Rāwan was the demon king of Ceylon who fought against Rāma, and from whom the Gonds are supposed to be descended. Hence this song may perhaps refer to a Gond revolt against the Hindus.
57TheamaltasorCassia fistula, which has flowers like a laburnum. The idea is perhaps that its leaves are too small to make a proper leaf-cup, and she will not take the trouble to get suitable leaves.
58Hislop,Notes, p. 2.
59Chhindwāra Settlement Report.