Baishya Kapali

The Adiparva of Mahabharata states that Kapali married the daughter of a sage and begot a son.

[3] The Dom, Chandal, Savar, and Kapali were the cluster conferred as tribes during the Pala regime.

[4] The caste claims to be of higher rank than the Bhūinmāli, Chandāl, or Sáha, and being descended from clean Südras the pure Dhobi and Nápit work for them.

Their only gotra is Kasyapa; and the caste Panchäft is presided overby a headman, called Mu'tabar.

The titles (surnames) found among the Kapális are Manjhi, Mandal, Shikdar, Mala, and Haldar; the families with the first three patronymics being regarded as higher than the others, while a larger sum is paid for their daughters.

According to Sarkar, the Kapalis were arranged horizontally into elucidated and organised classes; the custom of kulinism was also exercised by them.