Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . ASPECTS OF CASHMERIAN Girl of Serinagur.—Drawn bv Emilf BavaM THE INDICANS.—ETHNIC CHARACTER IS I US. 721 nic term, Mahratta is not is it the name for a particularExtent of Mah- social caste or a given re- SStSSKS: Mgion- xt is rather one of guage. those wide terms which history demands in the definition of arace somewhat composite in ethnic ele-ments, and even diverse in religious
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . ASPECTS OF CASHMERIAN Girl of Serinagur.—Drawn bv Emilf BavaM THE INDICANS.—ETHNIC CHARACTER IS I US. 721 nic term, Mahratta is not is it the name for a particularExtent of Mah- social caste or a given re- SStSSKS: Mgion- xt is rather one of guage. those wide terms which history demands in the definition of arace somewhat composite in ethnic ele-ments, and even diverse in religious andsocial qualities. Still the diversity is notsufficient to warrant a ? division intoseparate tribes. The common tic whichbinds the several peoples living withinthe regions defined above is speak the Mahratti, one of themost widespread of the modern Indiantongues. In common with the otherIndie languages, it is a dialectical formof Hindi, differing only from Hindu-stani as French differs from the tribes of Mahrattas aresomewhat distinct in the different prov-inces, they are all true Indicans. Wehave Mahratta Brahmans, MahrattaRajputs, and M
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