Mar 7, 2009

The People of India - The Races and Tribes of Hindustan - 1868 - Part II

The people of India : A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan, originally prepared under the authority of the government of India, and reproduced. by J. Forbes Watson and John William Kaye between 1868 - 1875.

Musahar - Low Caste Hindoo - Behar

Rujwar - Low Caste Hindoo - Behar

Dosadh - Low Caste Hindoo - Behar

Dosadhs - Low Caste Hindoo - Behar

Rajbansi - Aboriginal Now Hindoos - Behar

Rajbansis - Aboriginal Now Hindoos - Behar

Dome - Hindoo Outcaste - Behar

Aheer - Hindoo - Shahabad

Cheroo - Aboriginal (Hindoo) - Palamow

Oraon Cole - Aboriginal - Chota Nagpoor

Oraon Cole Female - Aboriginal - Chota Nagpoor

Cole National Dance - Chota Nagpoor

Lurka Cole - Aboriginal ("Fighting Cole") Chota Nagpoor