The Thugee...also know as The Thugs....

Posted by Indiana Shortround from 196.32.136.195 on February 13, 2000 at 07:01:25:

The Thugs (from Sanskrit, "to conceal") were organized gangs of murderers who for more than 600 years wandered India robbing and killing wayfarers by ritual methods (strangling with scarves) and with sacrificial rites accompanying the burial. Devoted to Kali, the terrible form of Shiva's consort, the Thugs had their own jargon and signs of recognition and functioned as a subcaste within the Indian social structure (they were so reported in surveys during the 19th century). In the 1830s the British administration, in cooperation with some of the princely states, rounded up most of the Thugs. After 1840 the gangs disappeared.

Interesting...Very Interesting!

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• ...Or the "Tuggies" if your name is Mola Ram(!) Moribundman 13:36:17 2/13/2000 (0)

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