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The Orh or Oad is the name of an Indian caste who held a variety of occupations. As artisans, they were carpenters and stoneworkers and considered to be untouchable.[1][2][3] As agriculturalists there were a subcaste of the Chasas in the state of Odisha, who mostly owned land while some served as laborers.[4] As traders, they engaged in the business of grain, spices, perfumes, and cloth.[5]

Reference

  1. ^ Upreti, Harish Chandra (1981). Social Organization of a Migrant Group: A Sociological Study of Hill Migrants from Kumaon Region in the City of Jaipur. Himalaya Publishing House. p. 68.
  2. ^ Upadhyay, H. C. (2007). Harijans of Himalaya: With Special Reference to the Harijans of Kumaun Hills. Gyanodaya Prakashan. pp. 13, 44.
  3. ^ Vir, Dharam; Manral, Manju (1990). Tribal Women: Changing Spectrum in India. Classical Publishing Company. p. 113.
  4. ^ Pati, Rabindra Nath (2008). Family Planning. A. P. H. Publication Corporation. p. 114.
  5. ^ Pillai, V. Kannu (2007). Caste: Observation of I.C.S. Officers and Others Since 1881. Siddharth Books. p. 224.

Further reading

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