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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 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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