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'''THE TRIBES and CASTES of BENGAL.''' <br/> 
By H.H. RISLEY,<br/> 
INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE, OFFICIER D'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE. <br/> 

Ethnographic Glossary. <br/> 

CALCUTTA: <br/> ''Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press.''<br/> 1891. .</div>
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=Barnasankar=
(Sansk. barna, , caste,' and sanka/', 'mixed '), a mixed caste, properly the designa-tion of the large class of castes supposed to have been formed by intermarriage between members of the four original castes. The term is also used to denote the offspring of illicit intercourse between members of different castes, and bears the same meaning as Bidura, Chhokar, Dogla or Dogrlt, Jaraj, Krishnapakshi, Malzada, SagarpesM, and Surath¬wala.