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wife does only housework
caste Rajput
patterns written on brown paper, hand-copied in black ink
symbols indicate no. of knots + colors
he has given advances on [[strikethrough]] his [[/strikethrough]] one worker[[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]] of 1500 to parents

is one HH [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] (Moh. Shafi) who has 16 looms, but normally 4 the max
Lack of capital prevents expansion (for looms, raw mat., wages)
now carpets fetch lower prices (30-40 Rs less per sq. foot) than 5 yrs ago
he hasn't sold any carpets yet, but may sell to an agent are 136 HHs total in village, of which almost 100 have looms
-village even larger Kot Gagsing #2

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+ Tungan #3 + Kotli Asusa #1
Kingersvali #4 
(Kingriali Asaian) in revenue records
main constraint to loaning back of guarantors 
25% of children in school - generally children of the poor who weave carpets, they say

[[strikethrough]] Note from [[/strikethrough]]

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some [[?]] on second page I couldn't make out