The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India (Vol. 1-4) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Ethnological Study of the Caste SystemBy Robert Vane Russell
Length86h 28m
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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India is a monumental four-volume ethnographic survey of the peoples, occupations, customs, myths, and social hierarchies of central India. Written in the descriptive, classificatory prose of early twentieth-century colonial anthropology, it combines administrative observation, folklore, linguistic notes, ritual description, and social taxonomy. Its literary context is that of the imperial gazetteer and ethnological compendium: richly detailed and ambitious, yet shaped by the assumptions and categories of its age. Robert Vane Russell was a British civil servant in the Indian Civil Service, and his administrative work in the Central Provinces gave him sustained access to local records, census materials, and informants. The project reflects the colonial state's desire to understand, order, and govern India's social complexity. At the same time, Russell's compilation preserves a vast body of cultural detail, often drawn from oral traditions and everyday practice. This work is recommended for readers interested in Indian social history, anthropology, colonial knowledge, and caste studies. It should be read critically, but it remains an indispensable historical source.
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GenrePsychology
Length86 hrs 28 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 9, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Ancient Society (Annotated)
26Vaishnava, Vishnuite Sect
2Volume 1
27Vām-Mārgi, Bām-Mārgi, Vāma-Chari Sect.
3Pronunciation
28Wahhābi Sect
4Part I. Introductory Essay on Caste (pt. 1)
29Volume 2
5Part I. Introductory Essay on Caste (pt. 2)
30Part II Articles on Castes and Tribes
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6Part I. Introductory Essay on Caste (pt. 3)
31Agaria—Fakīr
7Part I. Introductory Essay on Caste (pt. 4)
32Agaria
8Articles on Religions and Sects
33Agharia
9Arya Samāj
34Aghori
10Brahmo Samāj
35Ahīr
11Dādupanthi Sect.1
36Andh
12Dhāmi, Prannāthi Sect.
37Arakh
13Jain Religion
38Atāri
14Kabīrpanthi
39Audhelia
15Lingāyat Sect
40Badhak
16Muhammadan Religion
41Bahna
17Nānakpanthi
42Baiga
18Parmārthi Sect
43Bairāgi
19Pārsi or Zoroastrian Religion
44Balāhi
20Saiva, Shaiva, Sivite Sect
45Balija
21Sākta, Shakta Sect
46Bania
22Satnāmi
47Bania, Agarwāla
23Sikh Religion
48Bania, Agrahari
24Smārta Sect
49Bania, Ajudhiabāsi
25Swāmi-Nārāyan Sect
50Bania, Asāthi
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