Category: History - Other
Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 2 of 7
Canji (gruel).--An exogamous sept of Padma Sale. Canji is the word "in use all over India for the water, in which rice has been boiled. It also forms the usual starch of Indian washermen." [1] As a sept of the Sale weavers, it probably has reference to the gruel, or size, whic...