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KUNBIS , the See also:great agricultural See also:caste of Western See also:India, corresponding to the Kurmis in the See also:north and the Kapus in the See also:Telugu See also:country . Ethnically they cannot be distinguished from the See also:Mahrattas, though the latter name is sometimes confined to the class who claim higher See also:rank as representing the descendants of See also:Sivaji's soldiers . In some districts of the See also:Deccan they See also:form an actual See also:majority of the See also:population, which is not the See also:case with any other See also:Indian caste . In 19or the See also:total number of both Kunbis and Mahrattas in all India was returned at nearly 8i millions . |
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