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

PART I
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A subcaste of Rawat and Salewar Koshti in Nimar.

A subcaste of Bishnoi, Gurao, and Sunar.
_Ahirwar_ .-- A resident of the old town of Ahar in the Bulandshahr district.

Subcaste of Kori.
_Ahivasi_, _Ahiwasi_ .-- (From Ahiwas, 'The abode of the dragon,' the hermitage of Sanbhari Rishi in Mathura.) A Brahmanical or pseudo-Brahmanical tribe.

They are said to be sprung from a Brahman father and a Kshatriya mother, and were formerly pack-carriers.

Found in Jubbulpore and the Nerbudda Valley.
_Ahke_ .-- (Seduced.) A sept of the Uika clan of Gonds in Betul.


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