. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . ominates him as a Mahashudraor great Shudra. Sonars are far and away the best ofthe Shudras: from time immemorial they have beenrenowned for their shrewdness and integrity, for the beautyand vivacious intelligence of their women, whom they havealways educated and treated as equals. Some of the castehave risen, are still rising, and will continue to rise in thesocial scale. Jugonath Sunkersett of Bombay, the greatphilanthropist, was a Sonar, who earnestly hoped that hewould be admitted to the B
. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . ominates him as a Mahashudraor great Shudra. Sonars are far and away the best ofthe Shudras: from time immemorial they have beenrenowned for their shrewdness and integrity, for the beautyand vivacious intelligence of their women, whom they havealways educated and treated as equals. Some of the castehave risen, are still rising, and will continue to rise in thesocial scale. Jugonath Sunkersett of Bombay, the greatphilanthropist, was a Sonar, who earnestly hoped that hewould be admitted to the Brahminical caste. Many ofthem are in the Government service, and the State neverhad a more able financier and accountant than NagobaSonaba, whom the writer first knew as head accountant at SONARS THE BEST OF ALL SHUDRAS. 211 Satara, 40 years ago. The working goldsmith whom myfriend Van Ruith depicts, is of a humbler class. He is tobe trusted with untold wealth, and with the simple imple-ments around him it is simply marvellous what exquisiteand artistic work he will produce. There are those among. WORKING SONAR OR GOLDSMITH. them who have been led away to copy European designswhich are, no doubt, faithful copies, but they are not art. Tambhars Kansars Lobars Sootars Coppersmiths,Braziers,Blacksmiths,Carpenters may all be classed together—with the note that Lobars 212 OUR TROUBLES IN POONA AND THE DECCAN. and Sootars intermarry; in fact it is not uncommon tofind both carpenters and blacksmiths in the same metal work now executed in Poona cannot beexcelled even in Benares—but the fear is that, like Benares,Poona may adopt the emasculated models supplied by
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