Ghadasi Koli
The Ghadasi, or Ghadsi[1] is a subcaste of the Koli caste found in the Indian state of Maharashtra. They are cultivators by profession and ruled over Umbardi fort.[2][1]
The Ghadasi Kolis lives today on the higher hill-slopes at altitudes of 800-1000 meters in settlements of 25-30 families. They are hunters and farmers and they are Hindu by religion and main deity is Bapujiboa.[3]
The Ghadasi Kolis mostly found around the Mula river of Western ghats and they always had been in conflicts with Marathas.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gadgil, Madhav; Malhotra, K.C. (1979). "Role of Deities in Symbolizing Conflicts of Dispersing Human Groups". Indian Anthropologist. 9 (2): 83–92. ISSN 0970-0927 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ Gadgil, Madhav (2005). Ecological Journeys. New Delhi, India: Orient Blackswan. p. 170. ISBN 978-81-7824-112-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Indian Anthropologist: Journal of the Indian Anthropological Association. New Delhi, India: Indian Anthropological Association. 1979. pp. 84–90.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Pullaiah, T.; Krishnamurthy, K. V.; Bahadur, Bir (2016-12-01). Ethnobotany of India, Volume 2: Western Ghats and West Coast of Peninsular India. New Delhi, India: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-315-34192-7.
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