Islām partly frees them from the utter degradation imposed by Hinduism. Both views may have some truth. As regards the legends themselves, it is highly improbable that Sheikh Farid, a well-known saint of northern India, can ever have been within several hundred miles of either of the places with which they connect him.
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Rev. A. Taylor in
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This article consists of extracts from Sir H. Risley’s account of the caste in the
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See lists of exogamous septs of Mahli, Sandāl, Munda and Puri in Appendix to
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This article is based on papers by Mr. Hīra Lāl and Suraj Baksh Singh, Assistant Superintendent, Udaipur State, with references to Mr. Crooke’s exhaustive article on the Majhwārs in his
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