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Skeat, ibidem, p. 95.

This article is compiled from papers by Mr. Bahmanji Muncherji, Extra Assistant Commissioner; Mr. Jeorakhan Lal, Deputy Inspector of Schools, and Pandit Pyare Lal Misra, ethnographic clerk. The historical notice is mainly supplied by Mr. Hira Lal.

Tod's Rajasthan, i. p. 128.

This article is based on notes taken by Pandit Pyare Lal Misra in Wardha, and Mr. Hira Lal in Bhandara.

Proper Names of the Punjabis, p. 74.

Punjab Census Report (1881), para. 645.

Crooke's Tribes and Castes, art. Darzi.

Buchanan's Eastern India, Martin's edition, ii. pp. 417, 699.

Ibidem, p. 977.

Vol. i. pp. 178-184.

Webb's Heritage of Dress, p. 33.

Bombay Gazetteer, Hindus of Gujarat, p. 180, quoting from Ovington, Voyage to Surat, p. 280.

Bombay Gazetteer, Hindus of Gujarat, p. 180.

Bombay Gazetteer, Nasik, p. 50.

According to another account Namdeo belonged to Marwar. Mr. Maclagan's Punjab Census Report (1891), p. 144.

Berar Census Report (1881), para. 231.

This article is partly based on a note by Mr. Gokul Prasad, Tahsildar, Dhamtari.

This article is based entirely on a paper by Rai Bahadur Panda Baijnath, Superintendent, Bastar State.

Compiled mainly from a paper by Kanhya Lal, clerk in the Gazetteer office.

Cf. the two meanings of the word 'stock' in English.

Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Dhanuk.

Eastern India, i. 166, as quoted in Crooke's Tribes and Castes.

Cf. the two perfectly distinct groups of Paiks or foot-soldiers found in Jubbulpore and the Uriya country.

Tribes and Castes of the N. W. P. and Oudh, art. Basor.

The following particulars are from a paper by Kanhya Lal, a clerk in the Gazetteer office belonging to the Educational Department.

This article is based almost entirely on a monograph by Mr. Jeorakhan Lal, Deputy Inspector of Schools, Bilaspur.

Grewia vestita.

The term brother's brother-in-law is abusive in the same sense as brother-in-law (sala) said by a man.

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