Gonds

a Dravidian people, the most important of the non-Ayran or aboriginal hill races of the Central Provinces of India. Today they number about 1,500,000, and, while the wilder tribes cling to the forest, the rest have made some advanees in civilization. Most. of the upper cla es are of mixed blood, and many of_the race have embraced Hinduism. Hach village worships the three or four deities it knows best. Cholera and — < are deified by them, and the mds people the forest, the rivers, and every rock with evil spirits.