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This work is of a practical character and aims to be a description of the actual circumstances of the tribes and castes that it notices. Banaras, being the religious and political hub of India, is the most appropriate city for the study of the different customs of the vast range of people the make a pilgrimage there. This book is in 4 parts that contain 50 chapters. The first part, which as 17 chapters, notices the Brahmanical tribes; some of them are : the Sarjuparia, the Bhuinhar, the Jijhotia, the Gaur Saraswat, the Dravida tribes, etc. Section 2 is on the Kshatriya or Rajpoot tribes, and they include : Gahlots, Tomars, Kachhwahas, Parmaras, Yadus, Bais, Mahror, Chendelas, Gaurs, Raghubansi, etc. Section 3 is on mixed castes and tribes, which include : religious mendicants, bards and musicians, traders, jewellers, agricultural castes, weavers, etc. Section 4 covers aboriginal tribes, and the castes described are of gypsies, rope dancers, snake charmers, leather workers, watchmen, etc. There are 5 illustrations in this book, 4 of which. Curiously, are of bearded figures. This book is a reprint of the 1872 edition. ISBN :8120620364
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Pages : 406
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