part ii

. pp. 434 ff.

[421] In the article on Gond it is suggested that the Gonds and Khonds were originally one tribe, and the fact that the Parjas have affinities with both of them appears to support this view.

[422] _Eugenia jambolana_.

[423] Hareli, _lit._ 'the season of greenness.'

[424] Nawakhani, _lit._ 'the new eating.'

[425] _Folklore as a Historical Science_ (G.L. Gomme), pp. 191, 192.

[426] Based principally on Mr. Crooke's article on the caste in his _Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh_.

[427] Quoted in Mr. Crooke's _Tribes and Castes_, art. Bhar.

[428] Art. Pasi, para. 3.

[429] Art. Bhar, para. 4.

[430] A pulse of a black colour (_Phaseolus radiatus_).

[431] These sentences are taken from Dr. Grierson's _Peasant Life in Behar_, p. 79.

[432] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, art. Pasi.

[433] The following passage is taken from Mr. Crooke's article on Pasi, and includes quotations from the _Sitapur_ and _Hardoi Settlement Reports_.

[434] _Lectures on Criminal Tribes of the Central Provinces_.

[435] The word Rakshabandhan is said to mean literally, 'the bond of protection.' Another suggested derivation, 'binding the devil,' is perhaps incorrect.

[436] The historical account of the Pindaris is compiled from Malcolm's _Memoir of Central India_, Grant-Duff's _History of the Marathas_, and Prinsep's _Transactions in India_ (1825). Some notes on the modern Pindaris have been furnished by Mr. Hira Lal, and Mr. Waman Rustom Mandloi, Naib-Tahsildar, Harda.

[437] _Memoir of Central India_, i, p. 433.

[438] _Indian Antiquary_, 1900.

[439] _Transactions in India_, 1813-23, by H.T. Prinsep.

[440] _Maratha and Pindari Campaigns_.

[441] The above is compiled from the accounts given by Prinsep and Malcolm.

[442] That is when Malcolm wrote his _Memoir_.

[443] This account is copied from Prinsep's _Transactions_.

[444] _Memoir_, ii. p. 177.

[445] _Rajasthan_, ii. p. 674.

[446] Malcolm, ii. p. 177.

[447] The Pindari's childhood is recalled here, _vide_ poem.

[448] Pamphlet published in connection with the Ethnographic Survey.

[449] _A Prabhu Marriage_, p. 3 _et seq._

[450] _A Prabhu Marriage_, pp. 26-27.

[451] _Bombay Ethnographic Survey_, art. Prabhu.

[452] _Bombay Gazetteer_, ix. p. 68, footnotes.

[453] _Hoshangabad Settlement Report_ (1807), p. 60.

[454] _Nagpur Settlement Report_.

[455] _Settlement Report_.

[456] Preserved butter.

[457] _Tribes and Castes_, art. Raghuvansi.

[458] Kitts' _Berar Census Report_ (1881), p. 157.

[459] About 400 lbs.

[460] _Early History of India_ (Oxford, Clarendon Press), 3rd edition, p. 414.

[461] _Early History of India_, pp. 252, 254.

[462] _Ibidem_, p. 210.

[463] _Ibidem_, p. 227.

[464] Colonel Tod states that, the proper name of the caste was Jit or Jat, and was changed to Jat by a section of them who also adopted Muhammadanism. Colonel Tod also identifies the Jats or Jits with the Yueh-chi as suggested in the text (_Rajasthan_, i. p. 97).

[465] _Rajasthan_, i. p. 42. Mr. Crooke points out that the Buddha here referred to is probably the planet Mercury. But it is possible that he may have been identified with the religious reformer as the names seem to have a common origin.

[466] See also separate articles on Panwar, Rajput and Gujar.

[467] _J.A.S.B._, 1909, p. 167, _Guhilots_. See also annexed article on Rajput Sesodia.

[468] _Ibidem_, i. p. 105.

[469] See also article Bhat.

[470] _Rajasthan_, i. pp. 231, 232.

[471] _Butea frondosa_. This powder is also used at the Holi festival and has some sexual significance.

[472] _Rajasthan_, i. p. 159.

[473] _Melia indica_.

[474] _Ficus R._

[475] _Rajasthan_, i. p. 123.

[476] _Rajasthan_, i. pp. 267, 268.

[477] _Rasmala_, ii. p. 261.

[478] _Rajasthan_, i. p. 553.

[479] _Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill_, Nelson's edition, p. 367.

[480] _Rajasthan_, ii. p. 3.

[481] Mrs. Postans, _Cutch_, p. 35.

[482] Mrs. Postans, _Cutch_, p. 138.

[483] _Rajasthan_, i. pp. 543, 544.

[484] _Ibidem_, i. p. 125.

[485] _Ibidem_, ii. p. 52.

[486] _Rajasthan_, i. p. 552.

[487] Vol. ii. p. 227.

[488] A ceremony of smearing vermilion on the bride before a wedding, which is believed to bring good fortune.

[489] The basil plant, sacred to Vishnu.

[490] A round black stone, considered to be a form of Vishnu.

[491] _Rajasthan_, i. p. 555.

[492] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_. art. Rajput.

[493] Quoted in Sir D. Ibbetson's _Punjab Census Report_ (1881), para. 456.

[494] Mr. Crooke's _Tribes and Castes_, art. Baghel.

[495] Vol. i.