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. 5 of 7" by Edgar Thurston is a seven-volume encyclopedia published in 1909. This monumental work documents over 300 castes and tribes across southern India, covering 40 million people. Part of the British Ethnographic Survey of India, Thurston conducted anthropometric measurements and recorded customs, traditions, and social structures of diverse communities in Madras Presidency and neighboring princely states, creating a comprehensive catalog of social groups during colonial rule. (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/42995 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42995 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134002.0 42995