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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 853 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IRULAS (" Benighted ones," from Tamil, iral, " darkness ")  , a semi-Hinduized
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forest-tribe of
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southern
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India, who are found mainly in
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North
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Arcot,
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Chingleput,
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South Arcot,
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Trichinopoly, and the
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Malabar
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Wynaad . The typical
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Irulas of the
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Nilgiris live a
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wild
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life on the
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lower slopes of those hills . At the 19o1
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census this
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branch of the Irulas numbered 1913, while the
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total of so-called Irulas was returned at 86,087 . See J . W . Breeks,
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Primitive Tribes of the Nilgiris (1873) ; Nilgiri
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Manual, i . 214-217; North Arcot Manual, i . 248-249 .

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