A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.34

v1.c7.34

¹ [The Māvalīs, or Māvalās (Mawulees) are the inhabitants of the hilly portion of the modern Sātāra and Poona Districts. They are usually dark-skinned, small and active, and able to endure much fatigue. During the last sixty years they have become orderly and have adopted agricultural pursuits. Many of them will be found in the Bombay labour-market. It is probable that the Kolīs, as distinct from the Kunbīs, formed the bulk of Sivājī’s fighting Māvalīs (I.G. Bom., 1909, i. 538).]