Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s8.t1.43
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s8.t1.43
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v1.c20.s8.t1.43
Contest of Ambaji and Lakwa.—Mewar now became the arena on which the rival satraps Ambaji and Lakwa contested the lands of Mewar. [There are four groups of Marātha Brāhmans: Konkanasthas, Deshasthas, Karhādas, and Kanvas. The Prabhus are not Brāhmans, but the writer caste, like the Kāyasths of Hindustān (J. Wilson, *Indian Caste*, 1877, ii. 17 ff.). The word Shenvi is a corruption of *chhiyānavē*, ‘ninety-six,’ from the supposed number of their sections.]