Glossary of North Indian peasant life

Crooke's Glossary is perhaps the best companion available for information on the peasantry and village life of north India. Arranged thematically, it covers the economic, agricultural, material, domestic and ritual life of the country's peasants by defining all the local words connected with these aspects of rustic existence. An exhaustive index of these words, compiled by the editor, enables immediate access to readers who may prefer using the volume as a dictionary of Indian peasant life. Some of the general areas covered by this work include Rural Ceremonies Food and Housing Agriculture and Rural Manufactures Domestic Appliances and Utensils Soils, Cattle and Domestic Animals Irrigation and Agricultural Products Wages, Land Tenures, Trade and Money Dealings Weights and Measures These, as well as other subjects, are arranged for easy reference into numbered subsections and paragraphs (see Contents) which together contain almost all the information currently available on north India's rural life. Crooke's original nineteenth century compilation, which is the main body of this work, has been supplemented by seven editorial appendices which provide information on Cloth and Clothes The Construction of Wells Agricultural Sayings The Harvest Calendar Agricultural Ceremonies The Agricultural Year There are, in addition, explanatory footnotes, colour plates and line drawings, and an introduction on Crooke and the making of colonial glossaries, Collectively, these help to make the provine in invaluable work of reference for the she layperson. In addition to being of interent who are curious about village India, this useful for every student of South Asian history and sociology, social and economic organization, agriculture and village technology, rural life and culture, peasant studies and colonial ethnography.