A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.66

v1.c7.66

But besides these four grand divisions, there are a vast number of Hindoos, the intermixed progeny of the four classes and of each other. They are not, however, what the European reader might fancy as outcasts: they have a community of their own, and ranks, professions, and employments peculiar to themselves, of which there are an infinite number. All trades and artisans are of this irregular offspring, and classed, in Maharashtra, under the general appellation of Shunkerjatee.¹