Village Life in Northern India: Studies in a Delhi VillageThis book is an anthropological study of peasant life in India during the mid-20th century. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres agricultural Arya Samaj Baniya bath Bhangis bighas boy's Brahman bride brother Camars cent ceremonial clan clothes cow dung crop cultivate culture Dabas daughter Delhi Dhan Singh dharmatma Dhobi diarrhea disease Divali dung economic exogamy father fever four gauna Ghantal Deo girl girl's give given goddess grain groom Guga Harditt Hindu hookah household husband Ibbetson India Indian village Jaimel jajmani system Jat factions Jat families Jats kacca Kharabs Khati khatouni khewat number kinship Kumhars land landholdings leaders lineage Lohar lower castes malaria marriage married Marriott Mata milk mortgaged mother non-Jats Number of Families pana panchayat patient patvari patvari records peasant Planalp plots Punjab Rampur relations revenue rupees shrine sister smallpox social songs sugar Teka tholla Tepoztlan tholla tion Total Number traditional turmeric wedding women worship