ABSTRACT
In Bengal the Hindi name, ‘Mahára’, is applied to any palanquin bearers not Kahárs, and in Dacca bearers either belong to the Mitra Sení subdivision of the Bhúínmálí caste, or to the Kándho branch of the Cha]n]dál. A few Muhammadan palanquin bearers, called `Dolíwálas, or Sawárí-wálas, may occasionally be picked up, but their numbers are yearly diminishing.
