[The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) by R.V. Russell]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) PART I 37/364
The Bargahs are usually cultivators in the Central Provinces, but they consider it beneath their dignity to touch the plough with their own hands.
Many of them are mlguzrs or village proprietors.
They take food cooked without water from a Brahman, and water only from a Rajput.
Rajputs take water from their hands, and their social position is fairly high. _Bargandi_,--Synonym for Kaikari. _Barghat_ .-- Synonym of Bargah. _Barki_ .-- High.
Subcaste of Rautia. _Barkia_ .-- (A spinner of fine thread.) Subcaste of Mahar. _Barmaiyan, Barmian, Malaiya_ .-- Subcaste of Basor, Dhimar and Gadaria. _Baroni_ .-- Title of a female Dhimar. _Barora_ or _Warkara_ .-- (Wild cat.) A subsept of the Uika clan of Gonds in Betul. _Barpaihi_ .-- (_Bar,_ banyan tree.) A sept of the Uika clan of Gonds in Betul, so named because their priest offered food to their gods on the leaves of a banyan tree. _Barwa_ .-- Synonym for Garpagari.
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