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They speak languages belonging to the <a href="https://www-britannica-com.translate.goog/topic/Aryan?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">Indo-Aryan</a> branch of the Indo-European family. The people are historically ancient, having been mentioned by the authors Pliny and Herodotus and figuring in India’s epic poem, the <em>Mahabharata</em>. Their numbers were estimated to be about 20,000,000 in the early 21st century.</p><!--[MOD1]--><span class="marker MOD1 mod-inline"></span><!--[PREMOD2]--><span class="marker PREMOD2 mod-inline"></span> <p class="topic-paragraph">The great majority of the Pahāṛī are Hindus, but their caste structure is less orthodox and less complex than that of the plains to the south. Usually they are divided into the high “clean” or “twice-born” <a class="md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off eb" data-term="castes" href="https://www-britannica-com.translate.goog/dictionary/castes?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" data-type="EB">castes</a> (<span id="ref227519"></span>Khasia, or Ka) and the low “unclean” or “polluting” castes (<span id="ref227520"></span><a href="https://www-britannica-com.translate.goog/topic/Dom-caste?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Dom</a>). Most of the high-caste Pahāṛī are farmers. The <a href="https://www-britannica-com.translate.goog/topic/Rom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">Dom</a> work in a variety of occupations and may be goldsmiths, leather workers, tailors, musicians, drummers, and sweepers.</p><!--[MOD2]--><span class="marker MOD2 mod-inline"></span><!--[PREMOD3]--><span class="marker PREMOD3 mod-inline"></span> <p class="topic-paragraph">The Pahāṛī have historically practiced a wide variety of <span id="ref227522"></span><a href="https://www-britannica-com.translate.goog/topic/family-kinship?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">marriage arrangements</a>, including <span id="ref227521"></span><a href="https://www-britannica-com.translate.goog/topic/polyandry-marriage?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">polyandry</a> (several brothers sharing one or more wives), <span id="ref916480"></span><a href="https://www-britannica-com.translate.goog/topic/polygyny-marriage?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">polygyny</a> (several wives sharing a husband), group marriages (with an equal number of husbands and wives), and monogamy. Girls may be married before age 10, though they do not cohabit with their husbands until they are mature. There is a <span id="ref227523"></span><a href="https://www-britannica-com.translate.goog/topic/double-standard?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="md-crosslink ">double standard</a> of sexual behaviour for <span id="ref227524"></span><a href="https://www-britannica-com.translate.goog/topic/women?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="md-crosslink ">women</a>, who must be faithful to their husbands while living with them; when a married woman goes home to visit her parents, however, she is permitted the liberties of an unmarried girl.</p> <div class="module-spacing"> </div> <div class="one-good-fact-module"> </div><!--[MOD3]--><span class="marker MOD3 mod-inline"></span><!--[PREMOD4]--><span class="marker PREMOD4 mod-inline"></span> <p class="topic-paragraph">The Pahāṛī are an agricultural people, <a class="md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off mw" data-term="cultivating" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cultivating" data-type="MW">cultivating</a> terraces on the hillsides. Their chief crops are potatoes and rice. Other crops include wheat, barley, onions, tomatoes, tobacco, and various vegetables. Sheep, goats, and cattle are kept. The spinning of wool is done by everyone, while weaving is carried on by members of a lower caste.</p><!--[MOD4]--><span class="marker MOD4 mod-inline"></span> </section><span class="md-signature">This article was most recently revised and updated by <a href="https://www-britannica-com.translate.goog/editor/Noah-Tesch/8113899?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Noah Tesch</a>.</span><!--[END-OF-CONTENT]--><span class="marker end-of-content"></span><!--[AFTER-ARTICLE]--><span class="marker after-article"></span> </div> <div id="chatbot-root"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ai-dialog-placeholder"></div> </div> </div> <aside class="col-md-da-320"></aside> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <div id="md-footer"></div> <noscript> <iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-5W6NC8" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe> </noscript> <script type="text/javascript" id="_informizely_script_tag"> var IzWidget = IzWidget || {}; (function (d) { var scriptElement = d.createElement('script'); scriptElement.type = 'text/javascript'; scriptElement.async = true; scriptElement.src = "https://insitez.blob.core.windows.net/site/f780f33e-a610-4ac2-af81-3eb184037547.js"; var node = d.getElementById('_informizely_script_tag'); node.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptElement, node); } )(document); </script><!-- Ortto ebmwprod capture code --> <script> window.ap3c = window.ap3c || {}; var ap3c = window.ap3c; ap3c.cmd = ap3c.cmd || []; ap3c.cmd.push(function() { ap3c.init('ZO4siT4cLwnykPnzZWJtd3Byb2Q', 'https://engage.email.britannica.com/'); ap3c.track({v: 0}); }); ap3c.activity = function(act) { ap3c.act = (ap3c.act || []); ap3c.act.push(act); }; var s, t; s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.src = "https://engage.email.britannica.com/app.js"; t = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; t.parentNode.insertBefore(s, t); </script> <script class="marketing-page-info" type="application/json"> {"pageType":"Topic","templateName":"DESKTOP","pageNumber":1,"pagesTotal":1,"pageId":438317,"pageLength":300,"initialLoad":true,"lastPageOfScroll":false} </script> <script class="marketing-content-info" type="application/json"> [] </script> <script src="https://cdn.britannica.com/mendel-resources/3-130/js/libs/jquery-3.5.0.min.js?v=3.130.14"></script> <script type="text/javascript" data-type="Init Mendel Code Splitting"> (function() { $.ajax({ dataType: 'script', cache: true, url: 'https://cdn.britannica.com/mendel-resources/3-130/dist/topic-page.js?v=3.130.14' }); })(); </script> <script class="analytics-metadata" type="application/json"> {"leg":"B","adLeg":"B","userType":"ANONYMOUS","pageType":"Topic","pageSubtype":null,"articleTemplateType":"MEDIUM","gisted":false,"pageNumber":1,"hasSummarizeButton":false,"hasAskButton":false} </script> <script type="text/javascript"> EBStat={accountId:-1,hostnameOverride:'webstats.eb.com',domain:'www.britannica.com', json:''}; </script> <script type="text/javascript"> ( function() { $.ajax( { dataType: 'script', cache: true, url: '//www.britannica.com/webstats/mendelstats.js?v=1' } ) .done( function() { try {writeStat(null,EBStat);} catch(err){} } ); })(); </script> <div id="bc-fixed-dialogue"></div> <script defer src="https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/vcd15cbe7772f49c399c6a5babf22c1241717689176015" integrity="sha512-ZpsOmlRQV6y907TI0dKBHq9Md29nnaEIPlkf84rnaERnq6zvWvPUqr2ft8M1aS28oN72PdrCzSjY4U6VaAw1EQ==" data-cf-beacon="{"rayId":"8ea4170079e24697","version":"2024.10.5","serverTiming":{"name":{"cfExtPri":true,"cfL4":true,"cfSpeedBrain":true,"cfCacheStatus":true}},"token":"5cc7d7124de641b181da990fc8c9a0b6","b":1}" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script>function gtElInit() {var lib = new google.translate.TranslateService();lib.translatePage('en', 'en', function () {});}</script> <script src="https://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=gtElInit&hl=en-GB&client=wt" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> </html>