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H. E. H. THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS 

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Of Merton College, Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin, and 

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==History==

Golaks, Govardhans — found in the districts of
Parbhani, Bir and Usmanabad and in the northern Talukas of the
District of Aurangabad. They are supposed to be the illegitimate
offspring of a Brahman by a Brahman woman who was not his wife.
They are divided into two main classes : (I) ' Deeraj,' or bom of a
woman who, with the consent of her husband, is intimate with his elder
brother, and (2) ' Jaraja," born of an adulteress. The latter are
further sub-divided into (1) Kunda Golaks, or the adulterous progeny
of a woman who has a husband, (2) Randa Golaks, who are descended
from the illegitimate son of a widow who has not shaved her head,
and (3) Munda Golaks, descended from a widow with her head
shaved. These classes have now passed into rigid castes and do not
admit newly sprung bastards into their community. Members of
these different groups neither interdine nor intermarry. The Deeraja
claim the highest social rank among the Golaks and are believed to
include among them the descendants of child-widows who were
re-married. It is said that Golaks have only four gotras, or exoga-
mous sections — Washistha, Bharadwaja, Sankhyana and Vishwamitra.
They have surnames also, such as (1) Dange, (2) Nachane, (3)
Oute, (4) Badave, (5) Bhale, (6) Mahajana, (7) Samartha, (8)
Undawale, (9) Kakade, (10) Nimbalker, (11) Dhanwantari, (12)
Chariker and (13) Chandi. In their religious and ceremonial obser-
vances they entirely conform to the customs and usages of the
Deshastha Brahmans.

==Occupation==

The Golaks are Rigvedis of both the Shakala
and the Bashkala Shakhas, belonging to the Ashwalayan sutra.
They are hereditary village accountants, astrologers, money-lenders,
money-changers and cultivators. They also occasionally officiate as
priests to the Kunbis. A few have entered Government service.

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