The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c14.s2.10

c14.s2.10

"The actual rules of the tribe and caste operate to restrict greatly the materials that may be used; only special classes—and they are few of them—may work iron; pottery is taboo to all aboriginals and is now a monopoly of the Hindu caste; weaving also, except with bark yarn, is generally avoided. Baskets and mats are made by many tribes, or by VIII. (1) The village of Kuttuvada near Papikonda (*Reddis of the Bison hill*).
(2) A Kolam house in Boramgutta (*Rajgonds of Adilabad*). By Courtesy—Prof. Haimendorf IX. (1) A Reddi village in the Godavary gorge—Telladibbala (Reddis of the Bison hill)
(2) Houses in the Rampachodavaram. By Courtesy—Prof. Haimendorf.