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| Publisher | Forgotten Books |
| Publication Year | 2018 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781332811052 |
| ISBN-10 | 9781332811052 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | 552 Pages |
| Language | (English) |
| Weight (grms) | 754 |
Excerpt from Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Vol. 5: M to P Mai-an or Miriyan. - The Maiayans are summed up, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as being temple servants and drummers in Malabar. Like many of the Malabar castes, they must have come from the east coast, as their name frequently occurs in the Tanjore inscriptions of 1013 a.d. They followed then the same occupation as that by which they live to-day, and appear to have held a tolerably high social position. In parts of North Malabar they are called Oc'chan.
Edgar Thurston
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