[The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) by R.V. Russell]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) PART I 202/364
Subcaste of Sidhira. _Lunia_ .-- Synonym of Murha, Nunia. _Machhandar_ .-- (One who catches fish.) Synonym of Dhimar. _Machhandra Nath_ .-- A subdivision of Jogi. _Machhia_ .-- (From _machhi_, fish.) A section of Dhimar and Lodhi. _Machhri_ .-- (Fish.) A sept of Oraon. _Mada Kukuria_ .-- (Dead dog.) A subsection of the Viswal section of Koltas. _Madankul_ .-- A section of Komti.
They do not use red clothes, nor the wood of the swallow-wort tree. _Madari_ .-- A class of Fakirs or Muhammadan beggars. _Made_ .-- A resident of the Mad country in Chanda and Bastar.
Subcaste of Pardhan. _Madgi_, _Madiga_.
[463]--The Telugu caste of workers in leather corresponding to the Chamars, which numbers nearly 1 1/2 millions in Madras, Mysore and Hyderabad.
In 1911 there were nearly 6000 Madgis in the Central Provinces and 3000 in Berar.
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