Author: J. A. VPublisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Pen-and-ink Sketches of Native Life in Southern India
Author: J. A. VCastes and Tribes of Southern India
Author: Edgar ThurstonPublisher:
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Category : Caste
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Castes and Tribes of Southern India (Complete)
Author: Edgar ThurstonPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465582363
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2664
Book Description
In 1894, equipped with a set of anthropometric instruments obtained on loan from the Asiatic Society of Bengal, I commenced an investigation of the tribes of the Nīlgiri hills, the Todas, Kotas, and Badagas, bringing down on myself the unofficial criticism that “anthropological research at high altitudes is eminently indicated when the thermometer registers 100° in Madras.” From this modest beginning have resulted:—(1) investigation of various classes which inhabit the city of Madras; (2) periodical tours to various parts of the Madras Presidency, with a view to the study of the more important tribes and classes; (3) the publication of Bulletins, wherein the results of my work are embodied; (4) the establishment of an anthropological laboratory; (5) a collection of photographs of Native types; (6) a series of lantern slides for lecture purposes; (7) a collection of phonograph records of tribal songs and music. The scheme for a systematic and detailed ethnographic survey of the whole of India received the formal sanction of the Government of India in 1901. A Superintendent of Ethnography was appointed for each Presidency or Province, to carry out the work of the survey in addition to his other duties. The other duty, in my particular case—the direction of a large local museum—happily made an excellent blend with the survey operations, as the work of collection for the ethnological section went on simultaneously with that of investigation. The survey was financed for a period of five (afterwards extended to eight) years, and an annual allotment of Rs. 5,000 provided for each Presidency and Province. This included Rs. 2,000 for approved notes on monographs, and replies to the stereotyped series of questions. The replies to these questions were not, I am bound to admit, always entirely satisfactory, as they broke down both in accuracy and detail. I may, as an illustration, cite the following description of making fire by friction. “They know how to make fire, i.e., by friction of wood as well as stone, etc. They take a triangular cut of stone, and one flat oblong size flat. They hit one another with the maintenance of cocoanut fibre or copper, then fire sets immediately, and also by rubbing the two barks frequently with each other they make fire.”
Casstes and Tribes of Southern India
Author: E. ThupstonCastes and Tribes of Southern India
Author: Edgar ThurstonPublisher:
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Category : Caste
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Bibliotheca Orientalis
Author: Luzac &coDicitonary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature
Author: SELECTIONS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INIDA
Author: CALCUTTACatalogue
Author: Calcutta (India). Imperial libraryPublisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years 1881-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description