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The name Agri comes from Agar, a Salt-pan or bounded farm. The
Agri of Maharashtra are also know as Agle and Kharpatil The tradition
common among them is that they originally dwelt at Mungi Paithan
and were transported to the Konkan by Bimbaraja. Two son's Agla
and Mangla, were born to the sage Agasti; the former the ancestor
of the Agris, the latter of the Mangelas (Fishermen). The first
was told to support himself by the manufacture of salt from the
sea, the latter by fishing.
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