Part 76

Kandeli adjoins the headquarters station of Narsinghpur, the two towns being divided only by a stream.

P. 23.

Near Bilehri in Jubbulpore.

Captain Lowis in Sleeman's Report on the Thug Gangs (1840).

Pp. 15, 16.

P. 7.

P. 150.

Sleeman's Report on the Thug Gangs, Introduction, p. vi.

P. 142.

P. 216.

'Oh Kali, Eater of Men, Oh great Kali of Calcutta.' The name Calcutta signifies Kali-ghat or Kali-kota, that is Kali's ferry or house. The story is that Job Charnock was exploring on the banks of the Hoogly, when he found a widow about to be burnt as a sacrifice to Kali. He rescued her, married her, and founded a settlement on the site, which grew into the town of Calcutta.

P. 133.

P. 173.

Orpheus, p. 170.

Dhamoni is an old ruined fort and town in the north of Saugor District, still a favourite haunt of tigers; and the Thugs may often have lain there in concealment and heard the tigers quarrelling in the jungle.

Sleeman, p. 196.

P. 91.

P. 67.

P. 100.

Orpheus (M. Salomon Reinach), p. 316.

Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Turi.

North Arcot Manual, i. p. 216.

Indian Antiquary (1879), p. 216.

This article is compiled from papers by Mr. W.A. Tucker, Extra Assistant Commissioner, Bhandara, and Mr. B.M. Deshmukh, Pleader, Chanda.

Buchanan, Eastern India, i. p. 186.

Rand = widow or prostitute.

The term Kunwar is a title applied to the eldest son of a chief.

Bombay Gazetteer, vol. xviii. p. 185.