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The '''Lonaria''' (or '''Lonari''', '''Lonmali''', '''Lonkar''') are an [[Indian caste]] historically associated with [[saltmaking]], as well as production of [[lime (material)|lime]], charcoal, and cement.<ref name="Hockings1992">{{cite book|author=Paul Hockings|title=Encyclopedia of world cultures: South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ds0ZAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=26 June 2013|date=May 1992|publisher=G. K. Hall|isbn=978-0-8161-1812-0}}</ref><br />
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==Organisation==<br />
The caste is often referenced as a subdivision of the [[Mahar]]<ref name="Russell1916">{{cite book|author=Robert Vane Russell|title=pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central Provinces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGXhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA132|accessdate=26 June 2013|year=1916|publisher=Macmillan and Company, limited|pages=132–}}</ref> caste, traditionally an [[Untouchability|Untouchable]] community. Other listing group them slightly lower than the Mahar, as a "Lower Caste" along with the [[Garshi]] (drummers) and [[Kumhar]] (potters).<ref name="Asia1961">{{cite book|author=Unesco. Research Centre on Social and Economic Development in Southern Asia|title=Social and cultural factors affecting productivity of industrial workers in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5387AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=26 June 2013|year=1961|publisher=Unesco Research Centre on Social and Economic Development in Southern Asia}}</ref><br />
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In [[Belgaum]] ([[Karnataka]]), the caste has two subsets named for their professional product: Mith (salt) and Chune (lime).<ref name="Ghurye1969">{{cite book|author=Govind Sadashiv Ghurye|title=Caste and Race in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWkjsvf6_vsC&pg=PA38|accessdate=26 June 2013|year=1969|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-205-5|pages=38–}}</ref><br />
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