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Art. XII.—An Account of the Religion of the Khonds in Orissa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

S. Chartres Macpherson
S. Chartres Macpherson
Affiliation:
Madras Army, late Agent for the Suppression of Meriah Sacrifice and Female Infanticide in the Hill Tracts of Orissa.
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When the people which spread the Brahminical religion and institutions from the valley of the Ganges, extended them, by migration and conquest, over the Indian peninsula, large portions of the primitive population remained unsubdued and unconverted where physical circumstances specially favoured their resistance to force and to the pressure of moral influences; and, accordingly, numerous remnants of them are now seen, scattered widely under the most various aspects, and often under highly interesting relations to the dominant people.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 13 , January 1852 , pp. 216 - 274
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1852

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References

page 223 note 1 There are various accounts given of the nature of Tari–s neglect—one of the most generally received being that she refused to scratch the back of Boora's neck when requested to do so.

page 225 note 1 The comet of 1843 was watched by the Khonds with the most intense interest—each of the opposite parties regarding it as a new and prodigious weapon in the hand of that deity to whicli their own worship was chiefly paid.

page 227 note 1 In some parts of the country, the God of Boundaries is placed first in the class of minor local deities.

page 232 note 1 A species of deer.

page 260 note 1 The Khonds keep all account by knots on strings.

page 263 note 1 A drawing would be necessary to explain the difference between the two forms of arrow-heads.