Korku

There are, moreover, two subdivisions of the caste called Korku and Marathi

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Similar alliances have taken place among other tribes, as the Korku chiefs of the Gawilgarh and Mahadeo hills, and the Gond princes of Garha

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Of these Kol and Rajwar are the names of separate tribes; Mawasi is commonly used as a synonym for Korku, another tribe; Sonwani is the name of a sept found among several of the primitive tribes; while Rawat is a title borne by the Saonrs and

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According to one story they are descended from a Bhil father and a Korku mother, and the writer of the _Khandesh Gazetteer_ calls them the most savage of the Bhils.

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But in the Central Provinces their family or sept names are the same as those of the Korkus, and they speak the Korku language.

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A title of the Bharia tribe in Jubbulpore, also a title of Baiga and Korku.

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Korku; a man of this sept has the privilege of directing the ceremony for the readmission of an outcaste.

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Mr. Crosthwaite also states that the Nahal is the drudge of the Korku and belongs to

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They retain some of the Korku sept names, while others are derived from the Marathi words or from the names of other castes, and these facts indicate that the Bopchis are of mixed descent from Korkus and other low Maratha castes with which unions have taken place.

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Muhammadan R. 7-9, Sonjhara 4; ceremony of second birth -- Korku 10

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