Bhils
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Bhils , people, numbering about 3 million, who inhabit portions of Pakistan and of W central India, especially S Rajasthan and Gujarat states. They speak an Indo-European language, Bhili, and retain a distinctive culture, much affected by, but not absorbed into, Hinduism. They were traditional enemies of the Rajputs and allies of the Mughals.
Bibliography: See S. M. Doshi, Bhils (1971).
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