Part 65

Ibidem.

See articles on these castes.

Monograph on Leather Industries, p. 3.

Berar Census Report (1881), p. 149.

From mangna, to beg.

Tribes and Castes, art. Chamar.

Indian Folk-Tales.

Indian Folk-Tales, pp. 49, 50.

Shells which were formerly used as money.

Indian Folk-Tales, pp. 49, 50.

Monograph, p. 3.

Monograph on Leather Industries, p. 5.

Zizyphus xylopera.

Butea frondosa.

Anogeissus latifolia.

The above is an abridgment of the description in Mr. Trench's Monograph, to which reference may be made for further details.

Monograph on the Leather Industries, pp. 10, 11.

Melia indica.

Berar Census Report (1881), p. 149.

Rasmala, i. 395, quoting from the Ain-i-Akbari.

From papers by Mr. Parmeshwar Misra, Settlement Superintendent, Rairakhol, and Mr. Rasanand, Sireshtedar, Bamra.

Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Chasa.

This article is based principally on notes taken by Mr. Hira Lal at Bhatgaon.

Bombay Gazetteer, Hindus of Gujarat, p. 178.

A corruption for Viswakarma, the divine artificer and architect.

The story, however, really belongs to northern India. Usha is the goddess of dawn.

Krishna's mother.

Little white flowers like jasmine. This simile would be unlikely to occur to the ordinary observer who sees a Hindu child crying.