A History of the Mahrattas v1.c21.8
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c21.8
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v1.c21.8
¹ [Konkani, i.e. Chitpāvan Brahmans, who to this day fill most of the Government offices in the Deccan. The name Chitpāvan is probably a corruption of Chitpolan, the old name of Chiplūn, Ratnāgiri District, which was the original Indian home of the caste. (I.G. (1907), x. 287.) The origin of this remarkable sect is undetermined. The traditional story of their arrival as shipwrecked sailors, their fair