The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2

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Robert Vane Russell. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2

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Part II. Articles on Castes and Tribes

Agaria—Fakīr. Agaria

Agharia

Aghori

Ahīr

Andh

Arakh

Atāri

Audhelia

Badhak

Bahna

Baiga

Bairāgi

Balāhi

Balija

Bania

Bania, Agarwāla

Bania, Agrahari

Bania, Ajudhiabāsi

Bania, Asāthi

Bania, Charnāgri

Bania, Dhūsar

Bania, Dosar

Bania, Gahoi

Bania, Golapūrab

Bania, Kasarwāni

Bania, Kasaundhan

Bania, Khandelwāl

Bania, Lād

Bania, Lingāyat

Bania, Maheshri

Bania, Nema

Bania, Oswāl

Bania, Parwār

Bania, Srimāli

Bania, Umre

Banjāra

Barai

Barhai

Bāri

Basdewa

Basor

Bedar

Beldār

Beria, Bedia

Bhaina

Bhāmta or Bhāmtya

Bharbhūnja

Bharia

Bhāt

Bhatra

Bhīl

Bhilāla

Bhishti

Bhoyar

Bhuiya

Bhulia

Bhunjia

Binjhwār

Bishnoi

Bohra

Brāhman397

Brāhman, Ahivāsi

Brāhman, Jijhotia

Brāhman, Kanaujia, Kanyakubja

Brāhman, Khedāwāl

Brāhman, Mahārāshtra

Brāhman, Maithil

Brāhman, Mālwi

Brāhman, Nāgar

Brāhman, Nāramdeo

Brāhman, Sanādhya

Brāhman, Sarwaria

Brāhman, Utkal

Chadār

Chamār

Chasa

Chauhān

Chhīpa

Chitāri

Chitrakathi

Cutchi

Dahāit487

Daharia

Dāngi

Dāngri

Darzi

Dewār

Dhākar

Dhangar

Dhānuk

Dhanwār

Dhīmar536

Dhoba

Dhobi

Dhuri

Dumāl

Fakīr

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1. Origin and subdivisions.

Agaria.1—A small Dravidian caste, who are an offshoot of the Gond tribe. The Agarias have adopted the profession of iron-smelting and form a separate caste. They numbered 9500 persons in 1911 and live on the Maikal range in the Mandla, Raipur and Bilāspur Districts.

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or ‘Proud as a Sheikh, obstinate as a Pathān, royal as a Turk, buzzing like a Bahna.’ This refers to the noise of the cotton-cleaning bow, the twang of which as it is struck by the club is like a quail flying; and at the same time to the Bahna’s loquacity. Another story is that a Bahna was once going through the forest with his cotton-cleaning bow and club or mallet, when a jackal met him on the path. The jackal was afraid that the Bahna would knock him on the head, so he said, “With thy bow on thy shoulder and thine arrow in thy hand, whither goest thou, O King of Delhi?” The Bahna was exceedingly pleased at this and replied, ‘King of the forest, eater of wild plums, only the great can recognise the great.’ But when the jackal had got to a safe distance he turned round and shouted, “With your cotton-bow on your shoulder and your club in your hand, there you go, you sorry Bahna.” It is said also that although the Bahnas as good Muhammadans wear beards, they do not cultivate them very successfully, and many of them only have a growth of hair below the chin and none on the under-lip, in the fashion known as a goat’s beard. This kind of beard is thus proverbially described as ‘Bahna kaisi dārhi’ or ‘A Bahna’s beard.’ It may be repeated in conclusion that much of the ridicule attaching to the Bahnas arises simply from the fact that they follow what is considered a feminine occupation, and the remainder because in their ignorance they parody the rites of Islām. It may seem ill-natured to record the sayings in which they are lampooned, but the Bahnas cannot read English, and these have an interest as specimens of popular wit.

1. The tribe and its offshoots.

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