Part 68

See commencement of this article.

Cynodon dactylon.

Shorea robusta.

This article is based partly on papers by Mr. Govind Moreshwar, Head Clerk, Mandla, and Mr. Pancham Lal, Naib-Tahsildar, Sihora. Much of the interesting information about the occupations of the caste was given to the writer by Babu Kali Prasanna Mukerji, Pleader, Saugor.

As a rule a husband and wife never address each other by name.

Among Hindus it is customary to give a little more than the proper sum on ceremonial occasions in order to show that there is no stint. Thus Rs. 1-4 is paid instead of a rupee.

Berar Census Report (1881), p. 133.

Ibidem, l.c.

Ibidem, l.c.

Anthocephalus kadamba.

From ghat, a steep hillside or slope; hence a river-crossing because of the banks sloping down to it.

Trapa bispinosa.

Jungle Life in India, p. 137.

Berar Census Report (1881), p. 132.

The following notice of caste offences is from Mr. Govind Moreshwar's paper.

Not probably on account of the commission of a crime, but because being sentenced to imprisonment involves the eating of ceremonially impure food. These rules are common to most Hindu castes, and the Dhimars are taken only as a typical example. They seem to have little or no connection with ordinary morality. But in Jhansi Mr. Crooke remarks that a Kahar is put out of caste for theft in his master's house. This again, however, might be considered as an offence against the community, tending to lower their corporate character in their business, and as such deserving of social punishment.

This article is partly based on an account of the caste furnished by Mr. H. F. E. Bell and drawn up by Mr. F. R. R. Rudman in the Mandla District Gazetteer.

Folklore of Northern India, vol. ii. p. 8.

Sherring's Hindu Castes, i. 342-3.

Tribes and Castes, art. Dhobi.

Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan.

Berar Census Report (1881), p. 155.

Central Provinces Census Report (1891), p. 202.

Loc. cit.

Bihar Peasant Life, s.v. Dhobi.

Ethnographic Notes in Southern India, p. 226.

Behind the Bungalow.

This article is mainly compiled from papers by Mr. Gokul Prasad, Naib-Tahsildar, Dhamtari, and Pyare Lal Misra, a clerk in the Gazetteer office.