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THE INDIAN CONCH 



(TURHINELLA PYRUM. LLViY.) 



AND ITS RELATION TO HINDU LIFE 



AND liELIGIONy 



JAMES HORNELL, F.LS,, 



Marine Assistant, Department of Fisheries, Madras, and formerly Marine 

 IJiologist to the Govei-nment of Ceylon 



[With Seven Platks and Two Text-fkuires] 



IXTRODUCTOKY 



I. — Life-history and Local Races of the Ohank .... 



II. — The Sources of Industrial Supply 



III. — The Role Played by the Chank in Indian Relicion and Life 



PACK 



2 



(1) Legendary and Historical 



(2) Present Day' Uses : — 



((/) ToTElIS .... 



(/') Evil-eye Superstitions 

 (i) Personal Adornmbni- . 

 (j) Feedinc Spouts 

 (k) As Currency and in .\r-MOri 

 (/) Lime-making 

 (m) Medicine .... 

 (n) Food .... 

 (o) Incense Sticks 

 (;)) Assembly Calls, etc. 



IV. — The Use of Chank Bangles — 



(1) In Northern India 



(2) In the Madras Presidency 



(3) The Antiquity of the Chank-uangle Industry : — 



(a) In the Tinnevei.ly District in the p.eginning of the Christian Ef!A 

 (/)) Its Former E.\istence in the Deccan, Gu,iahat and K.\thia\var . 



AL Bearings 



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V. — The Scope for the Development of a SHELL-i!AX(iLE Industry in Okhamandal 



