Volume 3 / Part 3 — Kohli
Reading edition
1. General notice.
Old type of sugarcane mill
2. Marriage and other customs.
3. The Kohlis as tank-builders.
4. Agricultural customs.
5. General characteristics.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Mr. Lawrence’s Bhandāra Settlement Report (1867), p. 46.Note 2 · Bombay Gazetteer, Satāra, p. 106.Note 3 · See article on Kunbi.Note 4 · Bhandāra District Gazetteer, para. 90.Note 5 · Bhandāra Settlement Report.Note 6 · Ibidem.Note 7 · Subordinate revenue officer.Note 8 · Kohli.—A small caste of cultivators found in the Marāthi-speaking tracts of the Wainganga Valley, comprised in the Bhandāra and Chānda DistrNote 9 · The Kohlis have no subcastes. They are divided into the usual exogamous groups or septs with the object of preventing marriages between relaNote 10 · The Kohlis were the builders of the great tanks of the Bhandāra District. The most important of these are Nawegaon with an area of five squaNote 11 · The Kohli villages are managed on a somewhat patriarchal system, and the dealings between proprietors and cultivators are regulated by theirNote 12 · In appearance and character the Kohlis cannot be said to show much trace of distinction. The men wear a short white bandi or coat, and a sma