| LC control no. | sh 85135093 |
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| LC classification | DS422.T5 |
| Topical heading | Thugs (Indic criminal group) |
| Variant(s) | Phansigars Thags Thuggees Thugs |
| See also | Brigands and robbers--India Criminals--India |
| Scope note | This heading may be geographically subdivided by India only when further subdivided by a locality within India. |
| Found in | Britannica Micro. (thug: member of a well-organized confederacy of professional assassins who traveled in gangs throughout India for several hundred years.) Encarta world Eng. dict. (thug: def. 2, Indian robber, a member of a former secret organization of robbers in India, worshippers of the goddess Kali, who strangled their victims.) 2009341758: Stranglers and bandits, 2009: t.p. (Thuggees) p. 3 (Thags) |
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