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same names as the corresponding Marāthā divisions, e.g. Gāvade, or Gāude, and Shinde, Jādhav, Kadam and Chavān. One of these divisions, the Kitte, is again subdivided into Hetkaris and Upakaris. The Kitte Bandhāris rose to power in Alībāg, Chaul and Bassein, and in later years formed a trusty element in the military and naval forces of the Portuguese, Angria and the British. The chief occupation of the caste being the drawing of toddy (tādi) from the palm tree, the name is usually held to be derived from the Sanskrit mandhārak, ‘a distiller.’ Mynak Bundaree (Māi Nāik Bandhāri) mentioned on page 148, belonged to this caste, which is settled on the western sea-board and regards Mitgavana village, Ratnāgiri District, as its head quarters. (For further particulars of the Bandhāris and Konkani Marāthās, see B.C.G., i. 231-6; I.G. Bom., ii. 150; B.E.S., Monograph 43.)]