The aim of this book has been to present as accurately and completely as possible what the Kol is, does and thinks. This is a study of a primitive tribe living in contact with Hindu influences. Uniformity of belief and practice is nowhere characteristic of India, nor of this tribe, but the general picture as here presented has been found remarkably consistent through the areas the author and his companions have toured. The author hopes that this book will encourage further studies in primitive groups and help to preserve the memory of these children of Sheori. The author has questioned, probed and photographed a host of Kols for this work. They are a very human folk, who have been very touched as the author attempted to understand their life and thought.The materials used in the preparation of this work were collected when the author spent fifteen years in Jabalpur, Central Provinces, where the Kol group is found.
About the Author
Walter Griffiths, born on 4 July 1867, was a politician in the Northern Territory of Australia. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1893 to 1900, representing the Northern Territory electorate. Born in Kent Town, South Australia, the son of Frederick Griffiths, a wealthy ironmonger, and his wife Helen, Griffiths attended St Aloysius College and Saint Peter's College in Adelaide. Aged fifteen, Griffiths moved to the Northern Territory to work for his uncle William Griffiths, a mine owner, before becoming a business partner of Vaiben Louis Solomon in mining ventures in the Northern Territory and the Western Australian goldfields, co-owned the Northern Territory Times and became a prominent member of the Kalgoorlie Chamber of Mines. At the 1893 South Australian election, Griffiths was elected to the Northern Territory seat as the youngest member of the House. While he was still in England. The South Australian Government appointed Griffiths a Special Commissioner on mining matters.
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