Omens and Superstitions of Southern India
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
Ethnographic Notes in Southern India.
With 40 plates. Second Impression. Demy 8vo, cloth.7s. 6d. net.
This volume represents the results of many years of research intoSouth Indian manners and customs, surviving, moribund, or deceased.Among the subjects dealt with are:—Some marriage customs; deathceremonies; omens, evil eye, charms, animal superstitions, sorcery,etc.; votive offerings; deformity and mutilation; torture in by-gonedays, and a few stray survivals; corporal punishment in vernacularschools; slavery; making fire by friction; fire-walking; hook-swinging;infanticide; meriah sacrifice; dress; names of natives; the couvade;earth-eating; boomerang; steelyards, clepsydras, knuckle-dusters,cock-fighting, tallies, dry-cupping.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India.
By Edgar Thurston, C.I.E.,assisted by K. Rangachari, M.A., of the MadrasGovernment Museum. With many Illustrations. In Seven Volumes. Royal8vo, cloth. 23s. net.
This work is of great value to ethnologists, and to those who areinterested in Indian life, religions, and customs. It contains a massof information as to the life, legendary lore, and traditionalpractices of all the southern Indian castes and tribes, arranged in theform of a dictionary, and is elaborately illustrated by reproductionsof photographs. Published at the Government Press, Madras.Agent: T. FISHER UNWIN, London [4]
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