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unusual facts about Edgar Thurston


Menoky

According to Edgar Thurston, the term Menoky means "one who looks after", and is derived from mēl (above) and nōkki, from nōkkunu (look after).


Castes and Tribes of Southern India

Castes and Tribes of Southern India is a seven-volume encyclopedia of social groups of Madras Presidency and the princely states of Travancore, Mysore, Coorg and Pudukkottai published by British museologist Edgar Thurston and K. Rangachari in 1909.


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