Hindu Tribes And Castes As Represented In Benaras

About the book:- This work is of a practical character and aims to be a description of the actual circumstances of the tribes and castes that it notices. Benaras, being the religious HIndu India, is the most appropriate city for the study of the different customs of the vast range of people that make a pilgrimage there. This book is in four parts that contains 50 chapters. The first part, which has 17 chapters, and notices the Brahmanical tribes like: the Sarjuparia, the Bhuinhar, the Jijhotia, the Gaur Saraswat, the Dravida tribes, etc. Section 2 is on the Kshatriya or Rajpoot tribes, and they include: Gahlots, Tomars, Kachhwahas, Parmaras, Yadus, Bais, Mahror, Chendelas, Gaurs, Raghubansi, etc. Section 3 is on mixed castes and tribes, which include: religious mendicants, bards and musicians, traders, jewellers, agricultural castes, weavers, etc. Section 4 covers aboriginal tribes, and the castes described are of gypsies, rope dancers, snake charmers, leather workers, watchmen, etc. There are five illustrations in this book, four of which, curiously, are of bearded figures. This book is a reprint of the 1872 edition. About the Author:- Matthew Atmore Sherring usually cited as M.A. Sherring, was a Protestant missionary in British India who was also an Indologist and wrote a number of works related to India. He was educated at Coward College, a dissenting academy in London that trained people for nonconformist ministry. He joined the London Missionary Society and worked in the city of Varanasi, about which he wrote a significant book--The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times. The Title 'Hindu Tribes And Castes As Represented In Benaras written/authored/edited by M. A. Sherring', published in the year 2020.