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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)

PART I
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A subcaste of Panka and Agharia.

A class of Bairagis or religious mendicants.
_Kabra_ .-- (Spotted.) One of the 72 1/2 sections of Maheshri Bania.
_Kabutari_ .-- (Pigeon.) A synonym for Kolhati.

A name given to female dancers of the Nat caste.
_Kabutkunia_ .-- (Those who find place at the corner of the door.) A subcaste of Sudh in Sambalpur, being the illegitimate issues of the Baro Sudh subcaste.
_Kachara_ .-- Synonym of Kachera.
_Kachchhi_ .-- (From Cutch in Gujarat.) A subdivision of Balmiki Kayasths and Mathur Kayasths.
_Kachhap_ .-- (Tortoise.) A totemistic sept of Agharia, Sudh, Bhulia, Chasa, Kamar and Khandait.
_Kachhotia_ .-- Subcaste of Jadam.
_Kachhutva_ .-- (The tortoise.) A totemistic sept of several groups of Gonds, also of Darzi, Halba, Kol, Rawat, Munda, Jat, Kachhi and Lohar.
_Kachhwaha_ .-- (The tortoise.) One of the thirty-six royal races of Rajputs, the princes of Jaipur or Amber being of this clan.

They derive the name from Cutch, or from Kush, an eponymous ancestor.

A section of Nandbansi Ahir, Gadaria, Kachhi and Nat.


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