The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c7.s4.6

c7.s4.6

The various tribes connected with the Mûndas are enumerated by Colonel Dalton* as the Kuars of Elichpur, the Korewas of Sirguja and Jaspur, the Kherias of Chutia Nâgpur, the Hor of Singhbhûm, the Bhumij of Mânbhûm and Dhalbhûm, and the Sántals of Mânbhûm, Singhbhûm, Katak, Hazâribâgh, and the Bhâgalpur hills. To these he adds the Juangas or Pattuns (leaf-clad) of Keunjar, etc. in the Katak tributary districts, who are isolated from "all other branches of the Mûnda family, and have not themselves the least notion of their connection with them; but their language shows that they are of the same race, and that their nearest kinsmen are the Kherias." The western branches of this race are the Bhils of Malwa and Kânhdes, and the Kolis of Gujarât. To the south of these tribes there is another division of the same race, who are called Suras or Suars. They occupy the northern end of the eastern Ghâts.