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KUNBIS

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 946 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KUNBIS  , the

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

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