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

PART I
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Subcaste of Mahar.
_Lonchatia_ .-- (Salt-licker.) A sept of the Uika clan of Gonds.

The members of this sept lick salt on the death of their relatives.

Another account from Betul says that they spread salt on a platform raised in honour of the dead and make cattle lick it up.
_Londhari_ .-- A small caste of cultivators found in the Bhandara District.

They appear to be immigrants from northern India, as their women wear the Hindustani dress and they speak Hindi at home.

At their weddings the bridal couple walk round the sacred post according to the northern custom.


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