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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)

PART I
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Each party to a marriage can terminate it at will without assigning any reason or observing any formality.

The bodies of the dead are washed and then buried with their weapons.
_Chenr_ .-- (Little.) Subcaste of Bhand.
_Cheorakuta_ .-- (One who prepares _cheora_ or pounded rice.) Subcaste of Dhuri.
_Chero_.

[435]--A well-known tribe of the Munda or Kolarian family, found in small numbers in the Chota Nagpur Feudatory States.

They are believed to have been at one time the rulers of Bihar, where numerous monuments are attributed, according to the inquiries of Buchanan and Dalton, to the Kols and Cheros.

"In Shahabad [436] also most of the ancient monuments are ascribed to the Cheros, and it is traditionally asserted that the whole country belonged to them in sovereignty.


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