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. 7 of 7" by Edgar Thurston is a seven-volume encyclopedia published in 1909. This monumental work documents over 300 castes and tribes of South India, covering 40 million people across 150,000 square miles. Part of the British Ethnographic Survey of India, Thurston used anthropometric methods to record physical characteristics, customs, and traditions, though subjects often feared his measurements. The survey faced suspicions ranging from museum display fears to military recruitment concerns, limiting sample sizes and shaping this controversial colonial-era ethnographic record. (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/42997 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42997 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134002.0 42997