Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c48.s2.31.5
Indische Paläographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c48.s2.31.5
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c48.s2.31.5
The Māchī is the counterpart of the Jhīnvar in the west of the Panjāb and performs the same duties, with the exception of carrying burdens, the shoulder-pole and palki not being customary in those parts. There is also a keen demand for his services as village cook, because in the hot weather the village usually gets its meals from a common kitchen or oven. Down the Indus, however, and on the west coast, the Machī is a fisherman only, and the same may be said of the Mohāno, a lower caste of the Sindh waters, which is probably an occupational body.