MAHAR  , the name of a servile See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste in the See also:

• DECCAN (Sans. Dakshina, " the South ")

Deccan, See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . Their See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• FUNCTION

function, apart from that of See also:

• SCAVENGER

scavenger, is to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as See also:

• VILLAGE

village watchman, as See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian of the village boundaries, and as public messenger . In some parts they are also weavers of coarse See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• CLOTH

cloth . In 19or their See also:

• TOTAL

total number in all India was just under three millions .