Kushwaha
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Kushwaha is a non-elite peasant caste-community of the Indo-Gangetic Plain that has traditionally been involved in agriculture, including beekeeping and horticulture, found largely in the Indian state
Death rituals in Koeris
The Backward Caste movement in Bihar can be traced back to the formation of Triveni Sangh, a caste coalition and political party, in the 1930s, which was revived after the introduction of land reforms
A women from the Musahar, the rat eater caste. Musahars are kept at the lowest end of hierarchy in caste society.
An 1885 work showing a peasant of Bihar undertaking winnowing operation, from the British Library.
An agricultural field in Saran district of Bihar.
Art depiction of a bullock cart used by peasants in Bihar by GIERSON, George Abraham (1885).