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As a rule, members of the same clan, Panwar, Rathor and so on, may not intermarry, but Mr. Cumberlege states that a man belonging to the Banod or Bhurkia subsepts of the Rathors must not take a wife from his own subsept, but may marry any other Rathor girl.

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Each clan or sept is divided into a number of subsepts; thus among the Rathors the principal subsept is the Bhurkia, called after the Bhika Rathor already mentioned; and this is again split into four groups, Mersi,

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According to rule, a man should not take a wife whose sept or subsept are the same as his own, but this is not adhered to; and in some cases the Daharias, on account of the paucity of their numbers and the difficulty of arranging matches, have been driven to permit the marriage of first cousins, which among proper Rajputs is forbidden.

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If the Brahman subsept is descended from Brahmans, it would be only one of several probable cases of Rajput clans originating from this caste.

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A subsept of Nika Gonds in Betul, who abstain from killing tigers.

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-- A subsept of the Dhurwa clan of Gonds in Betul, said to be so called because the road to the place of the gods was swept by their priests.

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A subsept of the Uika clan of Gonds in Betul, so named because their priest stole balls of cooked mahua.

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