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Art. XIII.—A few words concerning the Hill People inhabiting the Forests of the Cochin State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

G. E. Fryer
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The hill people, regarding whom I purpose saying a few words, inhabit the hill tracts of the States of Travancore and Cochin, and the base of the Annamully hills in the district of Coimbatore. They go by different names in different localities, such as Kardars, Mulliyars, Vaisharvars, Kannekarens, all of which signify “foresters,” and they are also called Mulchers or outcasts, which is probably a corruption of the Sanskrit word Mlechchha, meaning a barbarian or outcast.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , April 1868 , pp. 478 - 482
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1868

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page 480 note 1 It should be borne in mind that the height of a skeleton is less than that of the indiyidual during life by about one inch.