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"Gazetteer of the Madura District," 1906, i. 86-7.

Ibid., 86.

Madras Museum Bull., 1906, v., No. 2, 78-9.

Madras Museum Bull., 1907, v., No. 3, 149.

"Ind. Ant.," 1881, x. 364.

The Pallis claim to be descendants of the fire race (Agnikula) of the Kshatriyas, and that, as they and the Pandava brothers were born of fire, they are related.

"Gazetteer of the South Arcot District," 1906, i. 375-6.

"Gazetteer of the Madura District," 1906, i. 85.

"Narrative of Little's Detachment," 1794, 212-3.

Lambadis or Brinjaris, who formerly acted as carriers of supplies and baggage in times of war in the Deccan.

Journ. Anthrop. Soc., Bombay, i. 253-4.

"Ind. Ant.," 1879, viii. 219.

Ibid., 1880, ix. 150.

Journ. Anthrop. Soc., Bombay, ii. 272.

"Gazetteer of the Madura District," 1906, i. 86.

"Gazetteer of the South Arcot District," 1906, i. 102.

"Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies" translation by H. K. Beauchamp, 1897, ii. 610.

"Ind. Ant.," 1880, ix. 152.

"Mysore," 1897, ii. 350.

Madras Museum Bull., 1901, iii., No. 3, 266.

The making of a shrine, Calcutta Review, 1899, cviii. 173-5.

Bhutha, or demon worship, prevails in South Canara, where the villages have their bhutha sthanam or demon shrine.

"Cochin Census Report," 1901, part i. 25.

"Gazetteer of the Vizagapatam District," 1907, i. 329.

"Gazetteer of the Anantapur District," 1905, i. 164.

"Native Life in Travancore," 1883.

"Gazetteer of the Madura District," 1906, i. 102.

"Mediaeval Sinhalese Art," 1908, 70-75.

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