The Aboriginal Tribes of India

aboriginal tribes adopted ancestors animals Aryan Assam Badagas Baigas believe belong Bengal Bhilalas Bhils Bihar Bodo Brahmins Burma called cattle central India ceremonies Chota Nagpur claim clan crops culture dance deities Delhi descent dialects district divided Dravida-speaking Dravidian east eastern endogamous exogamous foodgatherers foodgathering forest Garos Gonds Gujarat habitats headman high-god hills Hindu Hindu castes Hinduised hunters hunting immigrants Indus intermarry jungle produce Kerala Khasis Khonds Korkus Kurumbas labourers land linguistic live Madhya Pradesh mainly Mala Malasar marriage marry Mongoloid Muduvar Munda languages Munda tribes Muslims Naga tribes Nagas nomadic Oraons organisation origin Orissa Pathans patrilineal plains plough polyandry population practise priests primitive race racial Rajasthan Rajputs regions religion sacrifice Sansis Santals Savaras scheduled tribes sections settled shifting cultivation social south India speak spirits sub-divisions taboos tion totemic traditional tribal Uralis usually valley various venerate village community women worship