300 P.N.Bose — Chhattisgar ; notes on its tribes, sects ^ castes. [No. 3-4, 1890.] 
Koshfd. 
A rather large class. Mostly weavers. At the last Census they 
numbered 17,433, in the district of Raipur. 
Gods Dulha Deo, Ratmdi (represented by a flat piece of gold or 
silver, also worshipped by the Kalars). 
There are two subdivisions (1) Chhattisgari, (2) Mahratti. The 
former must have been long settled in Chhattisgar, and the latter must 
be newcomers. The two clans have no social intercourse with each 
other. 
Burial and cremation are both in vogue. 
