The Muria and their ghotul
Book 1947 Elwin, Verrier

GondAsia > South Asia
The first part of the book deals with Muria culture generally, as a context in which to set the [n]ghotul[/n].. There are descriptive sections on food-getting, kinship, the life-cycle, religio...

Maria murder and suicide
Book 1943 Elwin, Verrier

GondAsia > South Asia
This book, by a British social anthropologist who is one of the foremost experts on tribal India, is an analysis and discussion of Bison Horn Maria murder and suicide based on court records of...

The Maria Gonds of Bastar
Book 1949 Grigson, W. V. (Wilfred Vernon) & Elwin, Verrier

GondAsia > South Asia
This excellent ethnography, by a former member of the Indian Civil Service, describes the culture of two subgroups of the widespread Gond peoples, the relatively unacculturated Hill Marias and...