Part 73

Sir D. Ibbetson, Punjab Census Report (1881), para. 577.

P. 259.

The description of a dacoity is combined from two accounts given at pp. 257, 273 of Colonel Sleeman's Report.

Sorghum vulgare.

Made of the bark of the date-palm tied with strips of cloth round some inflammable wood.

Sleeman, p. 263.

But it is unlucky for a snake to cross one's path in front.

Sleeman, pp. 261, 262.

Committee of five persons.

Ficus religiosa.

The seer = 2 lbs.

Criminal Classes in the Bombay Presidency; Sansias and Berias.

Mr. Gayer, Central Provinces Police Lectures; p. 68.

This article is mainly based on a paper by Mr. Rama Prasad Bohidar, Assistant Master, Sambalpur High School.

See article Beldar for a notice of the different groups of earth-workers.

Said to be derived from their name Waddar.

Story of Jasma Odni in Sati Charita Sangrah.

This article is principally based on papers by Munshi Gopinath, Naib-Tahsildar, Sonpur, Mr. Kaluram Pachore, Assistant Settlement Officer, Sambalpur, and Mr. Hira Lal, Assistant Gazetteer Superintendent.

Archaeological Reports, vol. xvii. pp. 120, 122.

India Census Report (1901), p. 283.

Archaeological Reports, vol. xvii. p. 113.

Crooke's Tribes and Castes of N.W.P., art Savara.

Tribes and Castes of N.W.P., art. Savara.

Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Savar.

F. glomerata.

Balaghat Gazetteer, C.E. Low, p. 207.

Bhandara Settlement Report (A.J. Lawrence), p. 49.

Major Lucie Smith's Chanda Settlement Report (1869), p. 105.