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

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See article Kurmi.
_Mandilwar_ .-- Name derived from Mandla.

Subcaste of Katia.
_Mandkul_ .-- A section of Komti who do not eat mangoes.
_Mandlaha_ .-- (From Mandla town.) Subtribe of Gond.
_Mane Kunbi_ .-- Subcaste of Gondhali.
_Mang_ or _Mangia_ .-- A caste.

Subcaste of Ganda, Gondhali, Bahrupia.
_Mangan_ .-- (From _Manghunia_, beggar.) A caste.
_Mangan_.

[466]--A small caste found in Chhattisgarh and Sambalpur who are the musicians and genealogists of the Ghasias.

The term is considered opprobrious, as it means 'beggar,' and many Mangans probably return themselves as Ghasias.


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