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aborigines Abors Ahoms amongst ancestors animal appear Aryan Asamese Asiatic Society bamboo Bengal Bhuiyas Bhumij Bodo Brahmans Brahmaputra bride bridegroom Buchanan Burmese Butias called ceremony Cheros chief Chutia Nagpur clans cloth Colonel costume cultivation customs dance deity described district Dophla Dravidian dress father feast feet female festival fowls Garos girls gods Gonds Government hair head Hill Miris Hindu India inhabitants Jashpur Juangs jungle Kacharis Kamrup Kandhs Kasia Khamtis Kharrias Kharwars Kirantis Kocch Kolarian Kolitas Kols Korwas Kukis Kurmis language Lepchas live males Manipuri marriage Meriah Mishmis Muhammadans Mundaris Mundas Nagas neighbours occupied Oraons origin ornaments Padam Palamau plains Plate priests Provinces race Raja Rajputs regard religion rice river round sacrifice Santals settlements Shans Sing Bonga Singbhum Singphos Sirguja spirits Sudras Tibetan tradition tree tribes Upper Asam valley village wear whilst wife women worship young