[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v1.c7.154 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.154 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.154 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.154) Besides the cultivators and the regular establishment, there are other casts and trades in proportion to the size of each village. The complete establishment consists of a Patell, Koolkurnee, and Chougula, with twenty-four persons, called the Baruh Balowtay,¹ and Baruh Alowtay.¹ These twenty-four persons are of various quotes Grant Duff’s list and gives another: 1. Jangam; 2. Kolī; 3. Bhāt; 4. Rāmosī; 5. Mālī, or Bāghban; 6. Tarāl, Yeskar, or Mahār; 7. Gondhalī; 8. Daurī Gosāin; 9. Ghadshī; 10. Shimpī, Darji, Sutī or Suī; 11. Telī; 12. Tāmbūlī. The whole twelve are seldom found, and occasional additions are: Vājantrī, musician; Kalāvantin, prostitute or dancing-girl; Vaidya, physician; Ghotakor, diver; Gārpagārī, conjurer and fortune-teller. Wilson has a long article on Balūta, and gives lists of the Balūtē from Kanara and Gujarāt, as well as the Deccan. Balūta he describes as a ‘portion of crop assigned to the village servants for their maintenance, also their fees, perquisites and other rights.’ - [Previous: v1.c7.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.153) - [Next: v1.c7.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.155) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.154) · Pramāṇa