oms are described in detail. The
Baiga, Bhil, 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), Sunar (ornaments), Kachera and Lakhera
(bangles), Nai (hair), Kalar (veneration of alcoholic liquor),
Bania (moneylending and interest), Kasai (worship and sacrifice of
domestic animals), Joshi (the Hindu calendar and personal names),
Bhat (suicide), Dahait (significance of the umbrella), and Kanjar
(connection of Indian and European gipsies). The articles on Badhak,
Sansia 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.

MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

Maps

Map of India _Frontispiece_
Map of the Central Provinces
Map of the Central Provinces, showing principal linguistic or
racial divisions 6

Illustrations

Volume I

1. Hindu temple of the god Siva 16
2. Hindu sculptures 26
3. Peasant's hut 40
4. Group of religious mendicants 56
5. Drawing water from the village well 72
6. Gayatri or sacred verse personified as a goddess 108
7. Image of the god Jagannath, a form of Vishnu 118
8. The god Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu, with attendant
deities 144
9. Hindu bathing party 158
10. Pilgrims carrying Ganges water 184
11. A meeting of the Arya Samaj for investing boys with the sacred
thread 202
12. Jain temples at Muktagiri, Betul 220
13. Jain ascetics with cloth before mouth and sweeping-brush
224
14. Jain gods in attitude of contemplation 228
15. Jain temple in Seoni 230
16. Kabir 232
17. Beggar on artificial horse at the Muharram festival 248
18. Carrying the horse-shoe at the Muharram festival 252
19. Tazia or tombs of Hussain at the Muharram festival 256
20. Famous Tazia at Khandwa 260
21. Representing a tiger at the Muharram festival 272
22. Temple of Siva at Bandakpur, near Damoh 302
23. Images of Siva and his consort D