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orthognathic, the gnathic index being only 96. The orbits were low, and the index 

 was 76 "3. The palato-alveolar arch was mesuranic. The complete facial index, 84, 

 was chamseprosopic. The teeth were much worn. The sutures of the cranial vault 

 were nearly obliterated. The skull was cryptozygous. The cranial capacity was 

 1267 c.c. 



Bunjana. Table V. 



A skull in the Indian Museum, No. 285, from the Central Provinces from 

 Koromankiai near Bastar, marked Bunjana, is probably that of a Banjara or Bunjara. 

 It is that of a man set. 40, 5 feet 3 inches high ; he had skin dark brown ; hair 

 grey ; eyes dirty brown ; a moustache ; food, rice, mutton, vegetables. The Bunjaras 

 are a nomadic class, engaged in the occupation of carrying goods by pack-bullocks. 



This skull did not possess an elongated oval form. When seen from the norma 

 verticalis it was more rounded, and its greatest length was only 166 mm. The parieto- 

 occipital region was flattened, and as it was not symmetrical, it is probable that arti- 

 ficial pressure had been applied during infancy. The length -breadth index was 85*5 

 and the skull was hyper-brachycephalic. The frontal longitudinal arc was 1 mm. longer 

 than the parietal. The basi-bregmatic height was much less than the greatest breadth, 

 and the vertical index was 78 '9. The anterior nares were wide, and the index was 

 platyrhine. The upper jaw was orthognathous. The height and width of the orbits 

 were almost equal, and the index was megaseme. The palato-maxillary index was 

 brachyuranic, and the palate had a wide horse-shoe shape. The face was chamse- 

 prosopic, and the complete facial index was only 80. The teeth were much worn and 

 stained with betel. The cranial sutures were distinct ; small Wormian bones were 

 present in the lambdoidal suture ; the pterion was normal. The skull was cryptozygous. 

 The cranial capacity was 1292 c.c. 



Kdmdr and Lohdr. Table V. 



These names are applied to castes who manufacture articles in metal. The 

 Kamars work in metals generally ; the Lohars are the blacksmiths or workers in iron. 

 The Kamars are found in Bengal and Behar ; * the Lohars in Western Bengal, Behar, 

 and Chuta Nagpur. Mr Risley considers that these caste names express only a simi- 

 larity in occupations, and do not indicate uniformity in race. He also states that the 

 lohar or blacksmith is a recognised official in a Kol village community. Each caste is 

 probably composed of persons belonging to different tribes, some of which are probably 

 indigenous to the locality, whilst others have migrated into the district in which they 

 live, so that they may include Aryans, Aborigines, and crosses between Aryan and non- 



* Mr Robertson, in his Report on the Census in the Central Provinces, p. 190, states that in Raipur a trihe of 

 people named Kamar live in remote jungles on fruits and small game, and although in some provinces, as Bengal, 

 the term is an occupational one, it includes both aborigines and non-aboriginal people. 



