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

PART I
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Synonym for Rajput.
_Kshirsagar_ .-- (Ocean of Milk.) A section of Panwar Rajput, and a proper name of Maratha Brahmans.
_Kuch_ .-- (A weaver's brush.) A section of Raghuvansi Rajputs in Hoshangabad.
_Kuchbandhia_, _Kunchbandhia_ .-- (A maker of weavers' brushes.) Synonym and subcaste of Beldar in Chhattisgarh.
_Kudaiya_ .-- (_Kodon_, a small millet.) A section of Ahir.
_Kudappa_ .-- A sept of Gonds in Raipur and Khairagarh.
_Kudarbohna_ .-- A Hindu Bhana.
_Kudaria_ .-- (_Kudali_, a pickaxe.) A section of the Bharia tribe.
_Kukra_ .-- (A dog.) A totemistic sept of Bhatra Gonds.

A section of Kumhar.
_Kukuta_ .-- (Cock.) A sept of Gonds in Raipur.
_Kulatia_ .-- A section of Basor.

From _kulara_, a somersault, because they perform somersaults at the time of the _maihir_ ceremony, or eating the marriage cakes.
_Kuldip_ .-- (The lamp of the family.) A section of Panka in Raipur.
_Kuldiya_ .-- (Those who stop eating if the lamp goes out at supper.) A section of Ghasia.
_Kulin_ .-- (Of high caste.) A well-known class of Bengali Brahmans.

A subdivision of Uriya Mahantis.

A section of Panka.
_Kulshreshta_ .-- (Of good family.) A subcaste of Kayasth.
_Kuman_ .-- Subcaste of Barai.
_Kumarrha_ or _Kumarra_ .-- (A bird.) A sept of Sahdeve or six-god Gonds.


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