Gond

G0188500 (gŏnd)n. A member of a Dravidian people inhabiting central India.

Gond

(ɡɒnd) n (Peoples) a member of a formerly tribal people now living in scattered enclaves throughout S central India

Gond

(gɒnd)

n. a member of any of a group of aboriginal peoples of the E Deccan in central India.

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Noun

Gond - a member of a formerly tribal people in south central IndiaDravidian - a member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed south by Caucasians and now mixed with them)

Gond

(gŏnd), ethnic group of central India. The group is now found especially in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and in neighboring areas of Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh and in NE Karnataka and Assam. In Madhya Pradesh there was a small but powerful Gond kingdom until the 18th cent. The Gonds, predominantly Hindu, speak a Dravidian language and are mainly organized into tribes in small villages.

Bibliography

See V. Elwin, Leaves from the Jungle; Life in a Gond Village (2d ed. 1958); S. Fuchs, The Gond and Bhumia of Eastern Mandla (2d ed. 1968).

Gond

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noun a member of a formerly tribal people in south central India

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Dravidian

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