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

PART I
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Girls must be married before puberty.

The binding ceremony of the marriage consists in the tying of a circular piece of gold on a thread of black beads round the bride's neck by the bridegroom.

Widow-marriage is prohibited.
_Kammari._--Telugu Lohars or blacksmiths.
_Kamsala._--( A goldsmith.) Subcaste of Kammala.
_Kanalsia._--( _Kanelu_, a tile.) A section of Ahir in Nimar who do not live in tiled huts.
_Kanare._--( A resident of Canara.) A subcaste of Dhangar.
_Kanaujia, Kankubja._--A very common subcaste name, indicating persons whose ancestors are supposed to have come from the town of Kanauj in northern India, into the Central Provinces.

A subcaste of Ahir, Bahna, Bharbhunja, Bhat, Brahman, Dahait, Darzi, Dhobi, Halwai, Lohar, Mali, Nai, Patwa, Sunar and Teli.
_Kanbajia_ or _Ahirwar._--Same as Kanaujia.

Subcaste of Chamar.
_Kanchara._--( A brassworker.) Subcaste of Kammala.
_Kand._--( Roots or tubers of wild plants.) A section of Raghuvansi Rajputs in Hoshangabad.
_Kanda Potel_ .-- (One who grows roots.) A section of Mali.
_Kande_ .-- Subcaste of Bedar.
_Kandera_ .-- Synonym for Kadera.


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