Thurston, Edgar 1855-1935 creator Rangachari, K. text utu 2013 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 1 of 7" by Edgar Thurston is a seven-volume encyclopedia published in 1909. Part of the British government's Ethnographic Survey of India, this monumental work documents the manners, customs, and physical characteristics of over 300 social groups across southern India. Thurston employed controversial anthropometric methods to study over 40 million people, often encountering suspicion and resistance from communities who feared his true intentions. The resulting publication became both a comprehensive ethnographic record and a subject of scholarly debate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castes_and_Tribes_of_Southern_India Release date is 2013-06-21 Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. Original publication data not identified Caste -- India, South Tribes -- India, South Ethnology -- India, South India, South -- Social life and customs DS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42991 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42991 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134002.0 42991