The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c10.91

v1.c10.91

That there were certain races or tribes then, as there are to this day, who, like the Kukis, the Paṭuas and the Gonds wore little or no clothing, is of course a fact not to be questioned. But it is more than probable that they were then, as now, only wild savage tribes who skirted the civilization of the Aryans, and did not represent the social condition of the country: certain it is, that they were not the builders of the Sāñcī gateways, nor of the Amarāvatī rails, nor of the temples of Bhuvaneśvara.