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A cluster of trees, consisting of the tamarind, mango, cocoanut, plantain, and other useful Indian trees; a group of dwellings, some thatched and some tiled; a small temple in the centre — these surrounded on all sides by about five hundred acres of green fields.
Life in an Indian Village
An intimate portrait of daily life in a South Indian village, written by a Dravidian author who grew up among the people he describes. Through the fictional village of Kelambakam on the banks of the Palar, T. Ramakrishna introduces the headman, the astrologer, the temple priests, the washerman, the potter, the dancing girls, the snake-charmers, the jugglers, and the pariahs — painting a vivid picture of the customs, castes, occupations, festivals, and entertainments of rural India in the late nineteenth century.
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Life in an Indian Village
1891
Indian Shipping
1912
India at the Death of Akbar
1920
The People of India
1915
Modern Religious Movements in India
1915
India in the Victorian Age: An Economic History of the People
1904
Speeches and Writings of Sarojini Naidu
1918
The Economic History of India Under Early British Rule
1906
Letters from Malabar
1862
While Sewing Sandals
1899
The Rig-Veda and Vedic Religion
1913
The Religion of the Veda
1908
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