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• Page 10 and 11: IV CONTENTS. (n) Lime-making ... (o
• Page 13 and 14: EXPLANATION OF PLATES. PLATE I (FRO
• Page 15 and 16: THE SACRED CHANK OF INDIA BY JAMES
• Page 17 and 18: PART I.—THE CHANK FISHERIES OF IN
• Page 19 and 20: Whether the chank fishery was inclu
• Page 21 and 22: Tinncvelly. On the spot where I hum
• Page 23 and 24: the war, I have considered it an im
• Page 25 and 26: XX year 1786 when it was mutually a
• Page 27 and 28: 13 amounted to Rs. 43,500. The tota
• Page 29 and 30: 15 Tuticorin being given the duty o
• Page 31 and 32: 17 in some seasons. The hours of di
• Page 33 and 34: ^9 Pamban at ihe end of June 1911 t
• Page 35 and 36: ^t abundance and so replenish the s
• Page 37 and 38: 23 his sink stone, the diver quits
• Page 39 and 40: 25 and as some men owe alleoiance t
• Page 41 and 42: 27 beds, especially those intersper
• Page 43 and 44: 29 continuous but given distinctive
• Page 45 and 46: 31 fell short of the other expenses
• Page 47 and 48: 33 limits and hence that no jurisdi
• Page 49 and 50: 35 in obtaining a bid of Rs. 1 15 p
• Page 51 and 52: 37 traders in the coast villages wh
• Page 53 and 54: 39 with the pearl banks was subsequ
• Page 55 and 56: 41 PART II.—THE CHANK BANGLE INDU
• Page 57 and 58: 43 chank shells and knew charms to
• Page 59 and 60: 45 performed by some of the better
• Page 61 and 62: 47 classed as prehistoric though it
• Page 63 and 64: - 49 quantities of fragments of pot
• Page 65 and 66: 51 upon the outer surface— Mr. Br
• Page 67 and 68: 53 left bank of Papaghni River, at
• Page 69 and 70: 55 are examples of obliquely cut "
• Page 71 and 72: 57 Gujarat ami Kaihiaivar. Mr. Bruc
• Page 73 and 74: 59 these chank remains were two fra
• Page 75 and 76: 6i From a consideration of the deta
• Page 77 and 78: ^3 As the chank is a religious symb
• Page 79 and 80: 65 who found in the quartzite and t
• Page 81 and 82: 67 quent upon the general insecurit
• Page 83 and 84: 69 Prior to the enquiry upon which
• Page 85 and 86: Risley (II, p. 221) they say that u
• Page 87 and 88: 73 Babby and very subject to elepha
• Page 89 and 90: as a manufacturing- centre ; 75 lar
• Page 91 and 92: 11 credit. These working sections a
• Page 93 and 94: 79 the interment and when they plac
• Page 95 and 96: maintaining 8t however offices and
• Page 97 and 98: S3 almost all clear profit, as 1 re
• Page 99 and 100: % figure in the first middleman's a
• Page 101 and 102: 8; the shells from each locality ar
• Page 103 and 104: 89 brittle than Tuticorin shells an
• Page 105 and 106: 91 The fifth and most inferior o-ra
• Page 107 and 108: 93 progresses. On an average it tak
• Page 109 and 110: labour ; others 95 necessitate a lo
• Page 111 and 112: 97 formed one extremity of a long s
• Page 113 and 114: 99 effect is obtained by scraping o
• Page 115 and 116: lOI as is still the usual habit of
• Page 117 and 118: Bengali people, together 103 with t
• Page 119 and 120: The MuchI is another important Beng
• Page 121 and 122: 107 finds detailed elsewhere in the
• Page 123 and 124: I09 were counted supplies of tortoi
• Page 125 and 126: 1 1 1 for there the numbers of chan
• Page 127 and 128: to village hawk i no- glass bangles
• Page 129 and 130: "5 In the Nilgiri hills, especially
• Page 131 and 132: ii7 PART III.—THE ROLE PLAYED BY
• Page 133 and 134: ii9 frequently given names that hav
• Page 135 and 136: 121 Vishnuvites and the more ancien
• Page 137 and 138: i23 Dravidians who first employed t
• Page 139 and 140: 125 holy rivers and of the four sea
• Page 141 and 142: 127 when the travelled monk, Cosmas
• Page 143 and 144: 129 belong to the Company, which sh
• Page 145 and 146: possessed by the Shank Narayan temp
• Page 147 and 148: 133 this priestly caste and in the
• Page 149 and 150: i35 blowing chank in temple worship
• Page 151 and 152: 137 In Thibet the call of the chank
• Page 153 and 154: populous T39 districts where Vaishn
• Page 155 and 156: 141 the left side of the chest, and
• Page 157 and 158: 143 chank is then buried beneath th
• Page 159 and 160: 145 is usually recited durino- the
• Page 161 and 162: 147 Accordino- to Ananthakrishna Ay
• Page 163 and 164: 149 Paraiyan (Thurston, VI, 8[). In
• Page 165 and 166: ^51 or beautiful in their owner's e
• Page 167 and 168: 153 from 3 to 4 years old in these
• Page 169 and 170: 155 The trade in these amulets is o
• Page 171 and 172: 157 This is much less obscure in ap
• Page 173 and 174: T59 part of the breast ; it looks m
• Page 175 and 176: i6t utilize these discs. In many ca
• Page 177 and 178: 1 63 two in number, now on exhibit
• Page 179 and 180: i65 /) Feeding spouts. In the ordin
• Page 181 and 182: i67 Both the States of Travancore a
• Page 183 and 184: 1 69 haemorrhoids are beheved to yi
• Page 185 and 186: 171 The egg-capsule of the chank is
• Page 187 and 188: 173 PART IV.—APPENDIX. No. I—TI
• Page 189 and 190: 175 Details of the net profits real
• Page 191 and 192: 177 No. 3.—SALE CONDITIONS GOVERN
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