ORAONS  , an aboriginal See also:

• PEOPLE

people of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal . They See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call themselves Kurukh, and are sometimes also known as Dhangars . Their See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home is in See also:

• RANCHI

Ranchi See also:

• DISTRICT

district and there are communities in the See also:

• CHOTA (or CHUTIA) NAGPUR

Chota See also:

• NAGPUR

Nagpur states and See also:

• PALAMAU

Palamau, while elsewhere they have scattered settlements, e.g. in See also:

• JALPAIGURI, or JULPIGOREE

Jalpaiguri and the See also:

• DARJEELING

Darjeeling Terai, whither they have gone to See also:

• WORK

work in the See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea-gardens . They number upwards of three quarters of a million . According to their traditions the tribe migrated from the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . The Oraons are a small See also:

• RACE

race (See also:

• AVERAGE

average 5 ft . 2 in.); the usual See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is dark See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown, but some are as See also:

• LIGHT

light as See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus . They are heavy-jawed, with large mouths, thick lips and projecting See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth . They reverence the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun, and acknowledge a supreme See also:

• GOD

god, Dharmi or Dharmest, the See also:

• HOLY

holy one, who is perfectly pure, but whose beneficent designs are thwarted by evil See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits . They See also:

• BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

burn their dead, and the See also:

• URN (Lat. urna, either from root of urere, to burn, being made of burnt clay, or connected with urceus, Gr. I5pxa, jar)

urn with the ashes is suspended outside the deceased's hut to await the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of the See also:

• YEAR

year especially set apart for burials . The See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language is harsh and guttural, having much connexion with Tamil . In 1901 the See also:

• TOTAL

total number of speakers of Kurukh or Oraon in all India was nearly 600,000 .

See E . T . See also:

• DALTON
• DALTON, JOHN (1766-1844)

Dalton, Descriptive See also:

• ETHNOLOGY

Ethnology of Bengal (See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta, 1872), and his See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article " The See also:

• KOLS

Kols of Chota-Nagpore," in Supplement to Journ. of See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

• SOC

Soc. of Bengal, vol. See also:

• XXXV

xxxv . (1887), See also:

• PART

part ii. p . 154; Batsch, ' Notes on the Oraon Language " in Journ . See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy . Asiatic Soc. of Bengal for 1866; F . B . See also:

• BRADLEY, GEORGE GRANVILLE (1821–1903)
• BRADLEY, JAMES (1693–1762)

Bradley Birt, The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of an See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Upland (1905) .