(Who were the koshtis) from which chapter this question belong and class too. Plz tell
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Some Koshta believe that they are the descendants of Markandeya Rishi,[ or Rajhans, the king of Devagiri (Berar), who was given the title koshti ('man of virtues') in the year 1111 A.D. It is believed that after this episode, Koshta took jobs as soldiers in different princely states, such as in the armies of the Peshwas, Bundelkhand, Ranilakshmibai and Tipu Sultan.
The Koshti language is a distinct Indo-Aryan language with words derived from Sanskrit in either their tatsama or tadbhava form. Koshti also contains words borrowed from languages like Marathi, Khari-boli, Bundeli, Chhattisgarhi and variants of Hindi.
The Koshta traditionally worked as royal weavers, although industrialisation and the introduction of power looms beginning in the late 1800s heavily impacted the traditional handloom community.[8][need quotation to verify] The majority of Koshta today are employed in cotton and silk mills of both the public and private sectors.[need quotation to verify] They have also begun to work in bidi making, brass cutlery and utensil manufacturing, tile and brick making and construction work.[need quotation to verify]. In the state of Madhya Pradesh Koshti fall in the category of Other Backward Castes in some districts and General Caste in the res