. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. rganisations—The patriarch of thetribes--Kandh land system—Descent of property—Naming and marriage—Position of women—Kandh hospitality—Kandh airiculture—Drinking customs—British influence—The Oraontribes—People of Rajmahal hills—Tamil-speaking people—Coolies—The Telugu—Telugusoldiers—The Canarese—The Malayalim—The Coorgs or Kodagas. WE cannot have a better guide in treating o
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. rganisations—The patriarch of thetribes--Kandh land system—Descent of property—Naming and marriage—Position of women—Kandh hospitality—Kandh airiculture—Drinking customs—British influence—The Oraontribes—People of Rajmahal hills—Tamil-speaking people—Coolies—The Telugu—Telugusoldiers—The Canarese—The Malayalim—The Coorgs or Kodagas. WE cannot have a better guide in treating ofthe varied populations of India than Sir Hunter, the prince of Indian historians andstatisticians, whose monumental works should beconsulted by every one interested in our greatEastern empire. In his Indian Empire, hetreats in succession of the non-Aryan races, num-bering about 18 millions in 1881; the pure Aryans(Brahmans and Rajputs), 21 j millions; the mixedHindus, 165 millions; and the Mahometans, BOmillions. These numbers include Assam andBritish Burmah as then constituted. It is impossible to enumerate all the tribesto be found in various hill districts of India; a 263. URAVIDIAN WOMAN. 1 264 THE INHABITANTS 01 ASIA. selection only can be made. In including these under the heading Dravidian peoples, it must be understood that a very wide range isallowed to that term, and that subdivisions, or even quite distinct terms,may hereafter be shown to be necessarj. We simply desire to em-phasise, in this and the following chapters, the fact that non-Aryanraces exist south of the Ganges in at least two main divisions, which weterm for convenience Dravidian and Kolarian. The Anamali Hills ofSouthern Madras afford refuge to a number of these tribes, approximatingNegroid ^o a negiO or Australian type, thick lipped, small in stature,tribes, with Curling hair tied in a knot behind, and having a curiousmarriage sign, the filing of the four front t
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