k to Madrid. But the delights of liberty and Paris were too
much for honour; and while he wavered a hint was thrown out similar
to that of destroying the clay city. A mock Madrid arose in the Bois
de Boulogne, to which Francis retired. (_Rajasthan_, ii. p. 428.)
[382] _Rajasthan_, ii. pp. 264, 265.
[383] _Tribes and Castes_, art. Panwar.
[384] _Memoir of Central India_, i. 96.
[385] _Tribes and Castes_, art. Panwar.
[386] Blockmann, i. 252, quoted by Crooke.
[387] Ibbetson, P.C.R., para. 448.
[388] His name, Lakshma Deva, is given in a stone inscription dated
A.D. 1104-1105.
[389] The inscription is said to be in one of the temples in Winj
Basini, near Bhandak, in the Devanagri character in Marathi, and
to run as follows: "Consecration of Jagnarayan (the serpent of the
world). Dajianashnaku, the son of Chogneka, he it was who consecrated
the god. The Panwar, the ruler of Dhar, was the third repairer of
the statue. The image was carved by Gopinath Pandit, inhabitant of
Lonar Mehkar. Let this shrine be the pride of all the citizens, and
let this religious act be notified to the chief and other officers."
[390] A few Panwar Rajputs are found in the Saugor District, but they
are quite distinct from those of the Maratha country, and marry with
the Bundelas. They are mentioned in the article on that clan.
[391] March.
[392] Rice boiled with milk and sugar.
[393] Village headman.
[394] Patwari or village accountant.
[395] _Introduction to the History of Religion_, p. 59.
[396] _Diospyros tomentosa_.
[397] Gamble, _Manual of Indian Timbers_, p. 461.
[398] _Balaghat District Gazetteer_.
[399] P. 62, quoting from Bringand, _Les Karens de la Birmanie,
Les Missions Catholiques_, xx. (1888), p. 208.
[400] _Tod's Rajasthan_, i. p. 165. But Johar is a common term of
salutation among the Hindus.
[401] _Seoni Settlement Report_ (1867), p. 43.
[402] From a collection of notes on Patharis by various police
officers. The passage is somewhat abridged in reproduction.
[403] _Ficus R._
[404] _Bassia latifolia_.
[405] _Ficus glomerata_.
[406] Note already quoted.
[407] This article is partly compiled from papers by Mr. Aduram
Chaudhri and Pandit Pyare Lal Misra of the Gazetteer Office,
and extracts from Mr. Kitts' _Berar Census Report_ (1881), and
Mr. Sewell's note on the caste quoted in Mr. Gayer's _Lectures on
the Criminal Tribes of the Central Provinces_.
[408] _Lectures on Cri
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