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A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province
Based on the census report for the Punjab, 1883
First published 1911 · 2188 pages
An archival deep-dive into the demographic and ethnological landscape of the early 20th-century Punjab.
What it feels like
Reading this text feels like stepping into a quiet, dust-moted colonial archive. It offers a steady, encyclopedic journey through the demographic and cultural landscape of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province as recorded in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The prose is formal and bureaucratic, reflecting its origins in British census reports, yet it holds a wealth of historical texture for those willing to sift through its meticulous categorizations of tribes, castes, and religions. The mood is deeply scholarly and archival, devoid of narrative but rich in ethnological data. It is a reference work that will deeply satisfy historians, genealogists, and researchers seeking a primary source window into the administrative lens of colonial India.
- Mood
- scholarly
- archival
- historical
- Tone
- academic
- bureaucratic
- encyclopedic
- detached
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- colonial ethnography · cultural categorization · historical demographics · caste and tribal structures
- The writing
- Formal, encyclopedic, and structured with the meticulous, detached precision of early 20th-century colonial census reporting.
- The arc
- A steady accumulation of historical data that builds into a comprehensive, administratively filtered portrait of a complex region.
- Who it's for
- Scholars of South Asian history, ethnologists, and researchers interested in colonial-era demographic records.
Content notes
- colonial-era perspectives
- discussions of caste
About the book
Based on the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883, by the late Sir Denzil Ibbetson, K.C.S.I., and the Census Report for the Punjab, 1892, by Sir Edward Maclagan, K.C.I.F, C.S.I.
Reprint de la 1re éd., 1911.
Description from Open Library.
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