Khond
Americannoun
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A very pleasing example of inconsistency in reports about the same race may be found in a comparison of the account of the Khonds in the thirteenth volume of the Royal Asiatic Society with the account given by General Campbell in his Personal Narrative, The inquirer in the former case did not know the Khond language, and trusted to interpreters, who were later expelled from the public service.
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None of the previous languages were mentioned in the last chapter; in fact, they were those different Hindú tongues which were contrasted with the Tamulian, and which, in the northern part of the Peninsula had effected those displacements which separated, or were supposed to separate, the Rajmahali, Kól, and Khond dialects from each other.
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The Malayan and Khond figures are especially noteworthy, but are not free from the suspicion of influence from higher religions.
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After the Khond rising of 1882 in Kālāhandi these were confiscated and bows and arrows given in lieu of them.
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The Taonlas appear to be a low occupational caste of mixed origin, but derived principally from the Khond tribe.
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