Marar, Behar
Marar, Behar
This section has been extracted from THE TRIBES and CASTES of BENGAL. Ethnographic Glossary. Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press. 1891. . |
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A title of Amats in Behar, indicating some degree of social importance and deemed superior to either Raut or Kha¬was; a title of SUill'is, Jolhas; a title of the headmen of the Dom ea te in Behar who have under them servants called Chharidar ' to exeoute or commlmicate their orders; a title of the Dhusia sub-caste of Chamars; a title of the Majraut sub-caste of Goalas; a section of the withot division of the Parbatti-Kurin sub-caste of Gonrhis; a title applied in Behar to Kurmis who by age or personal influence have attained a leading position in their villages ; a title of Beldars and Nunias
