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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KHA-KRI |
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KHONDS, or KANDHS , an aboriginal tribe of India, inhabiting the tributary states of Orissa
district
Madras
census of 1901 they numbered 701,198. Their main divisions are into Kutia or hill Khonds and plain-dwelling Khonds; the landowners are known as Raj Khonds. Their religion is animistic, and their pantheon includes eighty-four gods. They have given their name to the Khondmals, a sub-division of Angul district
Orissa
average
The Khonds became notorious, on the British occupation of their district about 1835, from the prevalence and cruelty of the human sacrifices they practised. These " Meriah " sacrifices, as they were called, were intended to further the fertilization of the earth. It was incumbent on the Khonds to purchase their victims. Unless bought with a price they were not deemed acceptable. They seldom sacrificed Khonds, though in hard times Khonds were obliged to sell their children and they could then be purchased
purchased
hair was cut off, and the villagers having bathed, went with the priest to the sacred grove to forewarn the goddess. The festival lasted three days, and the wildest orgies were indulged in.See Major Macpherson , Religious Doctrines of the Khonds; his account of their religion in Jour. R. Asiatic Soc. xiii. 220221 and his Report upon the Khonds of Ganjam and Cuttack (Calcutta, 1842) ; also District Gazetteer of Angul (Calcutta, 1908).End of Article: KHONDS, or KANDHS If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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