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Title: The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV
Kumhar-Yemkala

Author: R.V. Russell

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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India

By

R.V. Russell
Of the Indian Civil Service Superintendent of Ethnography, Central
Provinces
Assisted by
Rai Bahadur Hira Lal
Extra Assistant Commissioner

Published Under the Orders of the Central Provinces Administration

In Four Volumes
Vol. IV.

Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London.

1916

CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV

Articles on Castes and Tribes of the Central Provinces in Alphabetical
Order

The articles which are considered to be of most general interest
are shown in capitals

Kumhar (Potter) 3
Kunbi (Cultivator) 16
Kunjra (Greengrocer) 50
Kuramwar (Shepherd) 52
Kurmi (Cultivator) 55
Lakhera (Worker in lac) 104
Lodhi (Landowner and cultivator) 112
Lohar (Blacksmith) 120
Lorha (Growers of san-hemp) 126
Mahar (Weaver and labourer) 129
Mahli (Forest tribe) 146
Majhwar (Forest tribe) 149
Mal (Forest tribe) 153
Mala (Cotton-weaver and labourer) 156
Mali (Gardener and vegetable-grower) 159
Mallah (Boatman and fisherman) 171
Mana (Forest tribe, cultivator) 172
Manbhao (Religious mendicant) 176
Mang (Labourer and vil