An > References for ‘ancestry’

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[1] In the coastal areas of Bengal, [...] into trouble if these girls’ ancestry be known. For fear of being declared [...] asked about the caste of any girl.

[197] Powerful people have exploited [...] colour, family, caste, class and ancestry of their patrons, they had to [...] playthings of political parties.

[64] Gańapati was also gradually [...] authors of the Puranas traced the ancestry of Gańapati and claimed [...] vipras and accepted in a new way.

[2] The Bengali landowner was having too much trouble convincing the villagers about his Urdu ancestry, so he bought a house in a nearby [...] Bengali. The townspeople believed him.

[18] The nawab had no further doubts about the aristocratic Urdu ancestry of the landowner and his family.

[114] It was the grave of an unknown [...] They had laid this man of unknown ancestry to rest here in this bed of earth. [...] this grave! Well, tell me!”