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- Page 17 and 18: PART I.—THE CHANK FISHERIES OF IN
- Page 19 and 20: Whether the chank fishery was inclu
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- Page 25 and 26: XX year 1786 when it was mutually a
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47 classed as prehistoric though it
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51 upon the outer surface— Mr. Br
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53 left bank of Papaghni River, at
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55 are examples of obliquely cut "
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57 Gujarat ami Kaihiaivar. Mr. Bruc
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59 these chank remains were two fra
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6i From a consideration of the deta
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^3 As the chank is a religious symb
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65 who found in the quartzite and t
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67 quent upon the general insecurit
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69 Prior to the enquiry upon which
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Risley (II, p. 221) they say that u
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73 Babby and very subject to elepha
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as a manufacturing- centre ; 75 lar
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11 credit. These working sections a
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79 the interment and when they plac
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maintaining 8t however offices and
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S3 almost all clear profit, as 1 re
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% figure in the first middleman's a
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8; the shells from each locality ar
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89 brittle than Tuticorin shells an
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91 The fifth and most inferior o-ra
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93 progresses. On an average it tak
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labour ; others 95 necessitate a lo
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97 formed one extremity of a long s
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99 effect is obtained by scraping o
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lOI as is still the usual habit of
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Bengali people, together 103 with t
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The MuchI is another important Beng
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107 finds detailed elsewhere in the
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I09 were counted supplies of tortoi
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1 1 1 for there the numbers of chan
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to village hawk i no- glass bangles
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"5 In the Nilgiri hills, especially
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ii7 PART III.—THE ROLE PLAYED BY
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ii9 frequently given names that hav
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121 Vishnuvites and the more ancien
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i23 Dravidians who first employed t
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125 holy rivers and of the four sea
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127 when the travelled monk, Cosmas
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129 belong to the Company, which sh
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possessed by the Shank Narayan temp
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133 this priestly caste and in the
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i35 blowing chank in temple worship
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137 In Thibet the call of the chank
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populous T39 districts where Vaishn
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141 the left side of the chest, and
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143 chank is then buried beneath th
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145 is usually recited durino- the
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147 Accordino- to Ananthakrishna Ay
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149 Paraiyan (Thurston, VI, 8[). In
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^51 or beautiful in their owner's e
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153 from 3 to 4 years old in these
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155 The trade in these amulets is o
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157 This is much less obscure in ap
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T59 part of the breast ; it looks m
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i6t utilize these discs. In many ca
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1 63 two in number, now on exhibit
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i65 /) Feeding spouts. In the ordin
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i67 Both the States of Travancore a
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1 69 haemorrhoids are beheved to yi
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171 The egg-capsule of the chank is
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173 PART IV.—APPENDIX. No. I—TI
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175 Details of the net profits real
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177 No. 3.—SALE CONDITIONS GOVERN
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