Khond
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After the Khond rising of 1882 in Kālāhandi these were confiscated and bows and arrows given in lieu of them.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
Both the Khond and the European customs are rain-charms.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
See also Dharna Pola festival—Kunbi 17 Polyandry, survivals of fraternal—Bhuiya 10, Khond 4, Korku 5, Oraon 7.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
This later view of the Meriah as a victim rather than a divinity may perhaps have received undue emphasis from the European writers who have described the Khond religion.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
The Taonlas appear to be a low occupational caste of mixed origin, but derived principally from the Khond tribe.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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