Part 62

In the article on Binjhwar, it was supposed that the Baigas migrated east from the Satpura hills into Chhattisgarh. But the evidence adduced above appears to show that this view is incorrect.

Tribes and Castes, art. Binjhia.

Crooke, Tribes and Castes, art. Bhuiya, para. 4.

Ibidem, para. 3.

Ibidem, art. Bhuiyar, para. 1.

Ibidem, para. 16.

Dalton, p. 147.

Page 142.

The question of the relation of the Baiga tribe to Mr. Crooke's Bhuiyars was first raised by Mr. E. A. H. Blunt, Census Superintendent, United Provinces.

Mr. Mazumdar's monograph.

From Mr. Mazumdar's monograph.

This article is compiled from a paper taken by Mr. Hira Lal at Sonpur.

This article is based on papers by Mr. Hira Lal, Mr. Gokul Prasad, Tahsildar, Dhamtari, Mr. Pyare Lal Misra of the Gazetteer office, and Munshi Ganpati Giri, Superintendent, Bindranawagarh estate.

From the Index of Languages and Dialects, furnished by Sir G. Grierson for the census.

Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Binjhia.

Early History of Mankind, p. 341.

This article is based on a paper by Mr. Mian Bhai Abdul Hussain, Extra Assistant Commissioner, Sambalpur.

Bassia latifolia.

This article is compiled from Mr. Wilson's account of the Bishnois as reproduced in Mr. Crooke's Tribes and Castes, and from notes taken by Mr. Aduram Chaudhri in the Hoshangabad District.

The total number of precepts as given above is only twenty-five, but can be raised to twenty-nine by counting the prohibition of opium, tobacco, bhang, blue clothing, spirits and flesh separately.

Jhuria may be Jharia, jungly; Sain is a term applied to beggars; the Ahir or herdsman sept may be descended from a man of this caste who became a Bishnoi.

The day when the sun passes from one zodiacal sign into another.

The New Moon day or the day before.

This article is largely based on Mr. F. L. Faridi's full description of the sect in the Bombay Gazetteer, Muhammadans of Gujarat, and on a paper by Mr. Habib Ullah, pleader, Burhanpur.

Bombay Gazetteer, Muhammadans of Gujarat, p. 30. Sir H. T. Colebrooke and Mr. Conolly thought that the Bohras were true Shias and not Ismailias.

Ibidem, pp. 30-32.

J.A.S.B. vol. vi. (1837), part ii. p. 847.

Berar Census Report (1818), p. 70.