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... Gujarat by the Bombay and Baroda railway . At the very first station out of Bombay , the anthill - like density of India's teeming masses made itself apparent . At least a thousand natives were collected , waiting for the train , some ...
... Gujarat by the Bombay and Baroda railway . At the very first station out of Bombay , the anthill - like density of India's teeming masses made itself apparent . At least a thousand natives were collected , waiting for the train , some ...
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... in mind that the actual tillers of the ground in an Indian village constitute at least three - fourths of the population . In Gujarat these cultivators are called Kumbi ( Sanskrit Kutumbi The Villages and Rural Population of India.
... in mind that the actual tillers of the ground in an Indian village constitute at least three - fourths of the population . In Gujarat these cultivators are called Kumbi ( Sanskrit Kutumbi The Villages and Rural Population of India.
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... Gujarat these cultivators are called Kumbi ( Sanskrit Kutumbi ) . The remaining inhabitants consist of various useful functionaries , artisans and mechanics , to be presently described - men of distinct castes and employments who are ...
... Gujarat these cultivators are called Kumbi ( Sanskrit Kutumbi ) . The remaining inhabitants consist of various useful functionaries , artisans and mechanics , to be presently described - men of distinct castes and employments who are ...
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... Gujarat , Ghaenjo or Ghaeja ) —who , with his kit of primitive razors and implements of the rudest description , does all the work expected of him admirably . No man in India thinks of shaving himself . Hence the barber is an important ...
... Gujarat , Ghaenjo or Ghaeja ) —who , with his kit of primitive razors and implements of the rudest description , does all the work expected of him admirably . No man in India thinks of shaving himself . Hence the barber is an important ...
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... Gujarat called Rakhewaḍ , or Pahari ) . Of these functionaries there are usually four , and in larger rural communes even fifteen or twenty . Though very poor , their trustworthiness when in charge of treasure or valuables of any kind ...
... Gujarat called Rakhewaḍ , or Pahari ) . Of these functionaries there are usually four , and in larger rural communes even fifteen or twenty . Though very poor , their trustworthiness when in charge of treasure or valuables of any kind ...
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