Koli
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Fiji Rugby Union chief executive Koli Sewabu said playing games overseas would "enable us to invest more into grassroots rugby supporting the continued growth and success of the team".
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
An audio-visual virtual reality reconstruction of the Devil's Church in Koli is currently underway for research and demonstration purposes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
On Monday, the Allahabad High Court found Koli innocent in 12 cases in which he had been sentenced to death.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023
A talented slate of African writers, including the novelists In Koli Jean Bofane and Annie Lulu, offers crucial readings.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
When the prince was sixteen he was married to the beautiful Yasodhara, daughter of the King of Koli, and 40,000 other princesses also became the inmates of his harem.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
The Mahadeo Kolis of Ahmadnagar believe that every malady or disease that seizes man, woman, or child, or cattle, is caused either by evil spirits or by an angry god.
From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman
If this is correct the Kolis would be a Kolarian tribe.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
They are coupled with the Bhīls and Kolis in old Hindu accounts.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
The Bhīls are recognised as the oldest inhabitants of southern Rājputāna and parts of Gujarāt, and are usually spoken of in conjunction with the Kolis, who inhabit the adjoining tracts of Gujarāt.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
The Rāmosis appear to be a Hinduised caste derived from the Bhīls or Kolis or a mixture of the two tribes.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
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