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When the drummers had spread the news abroad, 7,000 Bhils turned up�men, women and children.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are some 4,000,000 Bhils scattered through the arid lands of west and central India, and they are poor, even for India.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Bhils of the regiment—the uniformed men—were virtuous in many ways, but they needed humouring.

From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard

But why the Bhils should be almost fair and blue-eyed, whereas the rest of the hill-tribes are almost African in type, is a question that is not answered by this statement.

From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)

Your revered ancestor, my boy, according to the Bhils, has a tiger of his own—a saddle-tiger that he rides round the country whenever he feels inclined.

From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard