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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 Ahir.
_Kaore_ .-- A sept of Gonds.

A surname of Maratha Brahmans.
_Kapalia_ .-- (Covered with skulls.) A section of Telis in Betul.
_Kaparia_ .-- (From _kapra_ cloth, owing to their wearing several dresses, which they change rapidly like the Bahrupia.) Synonym of Basdewa.
_Kapasia_ .-- (From _kapas_, cotton.) A section of Mahar.
_Kapdi_ .-- Synonym of Basdewa.
_Kapur_ .-- (Camphor.) A section of Khatri.
_Kapuria_ .-- A subdivision of Arhaighar Saraswat Brahmans in Hoshangabad, probably deriving their title from being the priests of the Kapur section of Khatris.
_Karai Nor_ .-- A section of Basor.

They perform the Meher ceremony of eating the marriage cakes near a well and not in the house.
_Karait_ .-- (A poisonous snake.) A section of Ahir, Halba and Panka.
_Karan_ (Mahanti) .-- A caste.

A subcaste of Kayasth.

An eponymous section of Binjhwar and Tanti.
_Karaola_ .-- (One who pours sesamum oil on his clothes and begs.) Synonym for Jasondhi and Bhat.
_Karbal_ .-- Subcaste of Khangar.
_Karchuli_ .-- A clan of Rajputs, formerly a ruling race in the Jubbulpore country.


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