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This article was written in 1916 when conditions were different. Even in
1916 its contents related only to Central India and did not claim to be true
for all of India. It has been archived for historical value as well as for
the insight it gives into British colonial writing about the various communities
of India. Indpaedia neither agrees nor disagrees with the contents of this
article. Readers who want to add fresh insights can create a Part II of this article.
The general rule is that if we have nothing nice to say about communities
other than our own it is best to say nothing at all.

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