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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal 1940 (Letters)

1940

There is ample evidence of the physical similarity of the Khasas with the Kasmiras and there is remarkable similarity of the Khasa family law with the Punjab customary law notably with customary law in the Kangra hills The reference to Khasas along with the Kulutas (residents of Kulu) Tanganas and the Kasmiras in the Brihat Samhita and of the occupation of Madhyadesha by the Khasas and the Saka [...] The ghat is made of two round flat stones one placed over the other the lower one is the tali the upper one is known as the pat the tali is fixed on the floor with an iron nail running vertically through the centre of the tali over which the pat is placed. [...] A wooden container wide at the mouth and narrow at the lower end is connected by means of a tubelike arrangement with the pat so that with the rotation1940] CULTURAL LIFE OF THE KHASAS 9 of the latter grain put in the container pours through the narrow end of the tube into the mill which grinds the corn and releases the flour. [...] On the walls of the houses particularly the front wall of the main house and the balcony of the kuthar the carvings of flowers animals etc. [...] The grazing of cattle and sheep on the slopes of the hills and on the higher altitudes keeps the men busy during the major part of the day; carrying dung and other manures from the grazing.
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Pages
67
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-iii unknown view
Some Aspects of the Cultural Life of the Khasas of the cis-Himalayan Region
1-iii D.N. Majumdar view
Notes on the Life and Labours of Captain Anthony Troyer
45-59 Auresl Stein view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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