and Ceremonies_, p. 21.

[229] _Report on the Badhak or Bagri Dacoits_, p. 310.

[230] Colonel Mackenzie's notes.

[231] Mr. W. F. Sinclair, C.S., in _Ind. Ant._ iii. p. 184 (1874).

[232] _Notes on Criminal Tribes frequenting Bombay, Berar and the
Central Provinces_ (Bombay, 1882).

[233] _Berar Census Report_ (1881), p. 151.

[234] This notice is compiled principally from a good paper
by Mr. M. C. Chatterji, retired Extra Assistant Commissioner,
Jubbulpore, and from papers by Professor Sada Shiva Jai Ram, M.A.,
Government College, Jubbulpore, and Mr. Bhaskar Baji Rao Deshmukh,
Deputy Inspector of Schools, Nagpur.

[235] Sherring, _Hindu Tribes and Castes_, i. p. 330. Nesfield,
_Brief View_, p. 15. _N.W.P. Census Report_ (1891), p 317.

[236] The name of a superior revenue office; under the Marathas,
now borne as a courtesy title by certain families.

[237] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, art. Agarwal.

[238] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, art. Barui.

[239] Blochmann, _Ain-i-Akbari_, i. p. 72, quoted in Crooke's _Tribes
and Castes_, art. Tamboli.

[240] _Rajasthan_, ii. p. 210.

[241] _Ficus glomerata._

[242] _Hindu Castes_, i. p. 316.

[243] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, art. Bari.

[244] Vishnu.

[245] Sherring, _Tribes and Castes_, i. pp. 403, 404.

[246] This article is compiled from papers by Mr. W. N. Maw, Deputy
Commissioner, Damoh, and Murlidhar, Munsiff of Khurai in Saugor.

[247] _Bombay Gazetteer_, xvii. p. 108.

[248] About 100 lbs.

[249] Compiled from papers by Mr. Ram Lal, B. A., Deputy Inspector of
Schools, Saugor; Mr. Vishnu Gangadhar Gadgil, Tahsildar, Narsinghpur;
Mr. Devi Dayal, Tahsildar, Hatta; Mr. Kanhya Lal, B. A., Deputy
Inspector of Schools, Betul; Mr. Keshava Rao, Headmaster, Middle
School, Seoni; and Bapu Gulab Singh, Superintendent, Land Records,
Betul.

[250] Chapter x. 37, and Shudra Kamlakar, p. 284.

[251] A Vaideha was the child of a Vaishya father and a Brahman mother.

[252] Based on a paper by Rao Sahib Dhonduji, retired Inspector of
Police, Akola, and information collected by Mr. Aduram Chaudhri of
the Gazetteer office.

[253] Mr. Marten's _C. P. Census Report_ (1911), p. 212.

[254] This article is based on papers by Mr. A. K. Smith, C.S.,
Mr. Khande Rao, Superintendent of Land Records, Raipur, and Munshi
Kanhiya Lal, of the Gazetteer office.

[255] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, art. Beldar.

[256] _The Castes and Tribes of Southern India_,