Gharti
Gharti
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A caste formed by those members of the Kamam or slave caste in Nepal who have been freed by their masters on payment of their manumission fee. The formation of the Kamara caste and its precise relations to the Gharti are rather obscure, but I understand that persons, who infringe the law of exogamy by marrying or having intercourse with a woman of their olVn thM'S are in N epal liable to be sold as slaves or Kamaras. (ii) A section of Kamaras. (iii) A. ub-tribe of Mangars.
Gharti
A fila?' or sept of Gurungs in Darjiling.
