Project Gutenberg 2013-06-21 Public domain in the USA. 846 Thurston, Edgar 1855 1935 Rangachari, K. Rangachariyar, Kadambi, Dewan Bahadur Rangachariyar, Kadambi Rangachar, K. Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 1 of 7 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castes_and_Tribes_of_Southern_India Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. "Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 1 of 7" by Edgar Thurston is a comprehensive ethnographic study written in the early 20th century. This work presents a meticulous examination of over 300 castes and tribes across the Madras Presidency, documenting their customs, physical characteristics, and societal structure. Thurston, an official involved in anthropological research, seeks to address the lives and complexities of these diverse groups, providing insight into the impacts of modernization on their traditional ways of life. The beginning of this volume outlines the author's motivations and research endeavors, detailing how his work commenced with a focus on tribes in the Nilgiri hills and expanded to encompass a broad geospatial survey of the region. Thurston reflects on the challenges he faced during this anthropometric investigation, including the superstitions and fears of local populations regarding his measurements and methods. He explains the purpose of his study, the significance of various cultural practices, and the pressing need to record these traditions before they are lost to modern influences. The introduction sets the stage for a detailed exploration of the demographics and customs of the tribes and castes that inhabit Southern India. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42991/42991-h/images/front-cover.jpg Reading ease score: 69.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Caste -- India, South Tribes -- India, South Ethnology -- India, South India, South -- Social life and customs DS Text Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 1028864 2025-07-17T10:18:06.968431 text/html 1031468 2024-10-23T16:32:28 text/html 2944411 2025-07-17T10:18:23.437326 application/epub+zip 2968859 2025-07-17T10:18:10.551474 application/epub+zip 460325 2025-07-17T10:18:08.705420 application/epub+zip 3276518 2025-07-17T10:18:31.370370 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3186436 2025-07-17T10:18:21.425391 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 636669 2022-09-19T15:47:49.547905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 826762 2023-09-18T14:30:47.591549 text/plain 806910 2024-10-23T16:32:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17196 2025-07-17T10:18:31.535291 application/rdf+xml 14909 2025-07-17T10:18:08.878413 image/jpeg 2172 2025-07-17T10:18:08.793395 image/jpeg 2810379 2025-07-17T10:18:07.133473 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia