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The Kol people are a tribe in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, who migrated there from central India around five centuries ago. Mostly landless and dependent on forest produce to make a living, they are Hindus and are designated a Scheduled Caste under India's system of positive discrimination. The tribe has several exogamous clans, including the Brahmin‚ Barawire, Bhil, Chero, Monasi, Rautia, Rojaboria‚ Rajput and Thaluria. They speak the Baghelkhandi dialect.^[1] Around 1 million live in Madhya Pradesh while another 5 lakh live in Uttar Pradesh.

References

↑ Pullaiah, T.; Krishnamurthy, K. V.; Bahadur, Bir (8 September 2017). Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India. ISBN 9781351741316.

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[1] Pullaiah, T.; Krishnamurthy, K. V.; Bahadur, Bir (8 September 2017). Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India. ISBN 9781351741316.

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+The '''Kol people''' are a tribe in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]], who migrated there from central India around five centuries ago. Mostly landless and dependent on forest produce to make a living, they are Hindus and are designated a [[Scheduled Caste]] under India's [[reservation in India|system of positive discrimination]]. The tribe has several [[exogamy|exogamous]] clans, including the Brahmin‚ Barawire, Bhil, Chero, Monasi, Rautia, Rojaboria‚ Rajput and Thaluria. They speak the [[Baghelkhandi]] dialect.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ErE0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PR42|title=Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India|isbn=9781351741316|last1=Pullaiah|first1=T.|last2=Krishnamurthy|first2=K. V.|last3=Bahadur|first3=Bir|date=8 September 2017}}</ref> Around 1 million live in Madhya Pradesh while another 5 lakh live in Uttar Pradesh.
-The '''Kols''', also known as '''Kolarians''', are the original inhabitants of modern-day [[West Bengal]] and [[North-east India]]. The term Kol has been corrupted by the Aryan-[[Sanskrit]]ic speakers to the word "kalu", meaning both "black" and "ugly", in almost all of the 16 major languages of the [[Indian subcontinent|subcontinent]]. The Kolarians are a [[Dravidian people]]s stock group, whose descendant communities can be found also in [[West Bengal]] and elsewhere in the eastern part of the [[East India]].
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-Most [[Geology|geological]] scholars will contend that most of Bangladesh was fashioned 1 to 6.5 million years ago during the Tertiary era. Semi-recent excavations in the Deolpota village of western Bengal seem to suggest that a Paleolithic civilization in the region existed about one hundred thousand years ago. A 10,000 to 15,000 year old stone structure in Rangamati is the primary evidence of [[Paleolithic]] civilization along with a [[hand axe]] found in the mountainous inclines of the Feni district. This Neo-[[stone age]] began 3,000 BC lasting almost 1500 years. Similar tools were found in Sitakunda of the eastern region [[Chittagong Hill Tracts|Chittagong]], and near Comilla district. The sparsely forested hills in eastern Bengal strewn with fertile valleys imparted a hospitable location for [[Neolithic]] settlements.
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-Physically, the indigenous peoples of eastern India were long-headed, dark skinned, broad-nosed, and short in stature. Sometimes labeled as "Negritos" and "Negroids", their physical features are unchanged today among the lowest castes of [[Bengal]], mainly the [[peasant]]s, as well as 95% of population of West Bengal today who derive from these lower castes and tribes.
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