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MAHAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 395 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAHAR  , the name of a servile

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caste in the
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Deccan,
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India . Their
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special
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function, apart from that of
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scavenger, is to
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act as
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village watchman, as
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guardian of the village boundaries, and as public messenger . In some parts they are also weavers of coarse
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cotton
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cloth . In 19or their
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total number in all India was just under three millions .

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