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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 395 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAHAR , the name of a servile See also:

caste in the See also:Deccan, See also:India. Their See also:special See also:function, apart from that of See also:scavenger, is to See also:act as See also:village watchman, as See also:guardian of the village boundaries, and as public messenger. In some parts they are also weavers of coarse See also:cotton See also:cloth. In 19or their See also:total number in all India was just under three millions.

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