The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 4. Robert Vane Russell
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There are several Chaurāsis, a grant of an estate of this special size being common under native rule.
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2 lbs.
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The custom is pointed out by Mr. A. K. Smith, C.S.
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Or his big toe.
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He is also known as Katia or Kattaha Brāhman and as Mahāpātra.
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A measure of 400 lbs.
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A measure containing 9 lb. 2 oz. of rice.
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From Ganga, or the Ganges, and
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See articles on Khairwār and Kewat.
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A small millet.
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Every twelfth year when the planet Jupiter is in conjunction with the constellation Sinh (Leo).
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The Rājjhars are a low caste of farmservants and labourers, probably an offshoot of the Bhar tribe.
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In Uriya the term,
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About 15 acres.
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This article is partly based on papers by Mr. P.B. Telang, Munsiff Seoni-Mālwa, and Mr. Wāman Rao Mandloi, nāib-tahsīldār, Harda.
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This derivation is also negatived by the fact that the name Mahāratta was known in the third century B.C., or long before the Rāstrakūtas became prominent.
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3rd Baisākh (April) Sudi, commencement of agricultural year.
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It was formerly suggested that the fact of the Mahars being the chief worshippers at the shrines of Sheikh Farīd indicated that the places themselves had been previously held sacred, and had been annexed by the Muhammadan priests; and the legend of the giant, who might represent the demonolatry of the aboriginal faith, being slain by the saint might be a parable, so to say, expressing this process. But in view of the way in which the Mehtars worship Musalmān saints, it seems quite likely that the Mahārs might do so for the same reason, that is, because Islām