The Origin and Growth of Village Communities in India

agricultural allotment ancestral ancient area of waste Aryan races Bengal Bihâr body Bombay Brahmans caste chief clan class of village co-sharing Comm common descent common holding common ownership constitution cultivation custom Dakhan descendants districts divided dominant Dravidian Dravidian races evidence existing fact form of village frontier Ghakar Gujar Gujarât headman held hereditary Hindu idea Indian village Indo-Scythian joint family joint inheritance joint village kind of village known Kolarian Kunbi land Land-Revenue landlord later LAURENCE GRONLUND Madras Mahrâtha manorial mirâsi N.W. Provinces Nagpore Narbada north-west Northern India number of villages observed officers organisation origin Oudh owner Panjâb partition patriarchal proprietor races raiyatwâri Râjâ Râjput regarded revenue rule Sanskrit sections separate settled Settlement Reports severalty village Sir H. S. Maine Socialism tenants tenure territory theory tion traces tribal Turanian Turanian tribes undivided Upper India village communities W. J. ASHLEY whole village