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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 891 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KOLS , a generic name applied by See also:

Hindus to the Munda, Ho and Oraon tribes of See also:Bengal. The See also:Mundas are an aboriginal tribe of See also:Dravidian See also:physical type, inhabiting the See also:Chota See also:Nagpur See also:division, and numbering 438,000 in 1901. The See also:majority of them are animists in See also:religion, but See also:Christianity is making rapid strides among them. The See also:village community in its See also:primitive See also:form still exists among the Mundas; the discontent due to the oppression of their landlords led to the Munda rising of 1899, and to the remedy of the alleged grievances by a new See also:settlement of the See also:district. The Hos, who are closely akin to the Mundas, also inhabit the 'Chota Nagpur division; in 1901 they numbered 386,000. They were formerly a very pugnacious See also:race, who successfully defended their territory against all comers until they were subdued by the See also:British in the See also:early See also:part of the 19th See also:century, being known as the Larka (or fighting) Kols. They are still See also:great sportsmen, using the See also:bow and arrow. Like the Mundas they are animists, but they show little inclination for Christianity. Both Mundas and Hos speak dialects of the obscure linguistic See also:family known as Munda or Kol. See See also:Imp. Gazetteer of See also:India, vols. xiii., xviii. (See also:Oxford, 1908).

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