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. part i. p. 198.

[496] See also a history of the Baghels, called _Pratap Vinod_,
written by Khan Bahadur Rahmat Ali Khan, and translated by Thakur
Pratap Singh, Revenue Commissioner of Rewah.

[497] Article Baghel, quoting Forsyth's _Highlands of Central India_.

[498] _Memoir of Central India_, vol. ii. p. 479.

[499] _Punjab Census Report_ (1881), para. 445.

[500] This article consists entirely of extracts from Mr. Crooke's
article on the Bais Rajputs.

[501] Mr. Crooke's _Tribes and Castes_, art. Banaphar.

[502] _Rajasthan_, i. p. 88, and _Supplementary Glossary_, _s.v._

[503] _Tribes and Castes_, _s.v._

[504] Mr. Crooke's _Tribes and Castes_, art. Bundela.

[505] _Rajasthan_, i. p. 106.

[506] _Imperial Gazetteer_, articles Bundelkhand and Panna.

[507] _Early History of India_, 3rd edition, pp. 390-394.

[508] Mr. Crooke's _Tribes and Castes_, art. Chandel.

[509] Sherring's _Castes and Tribes_, i. pp. 359, 360.

[510] _Supplemental Glossary_, art. Bhar.

[511] See art. Pasi.

[512] Crooke's _Tribes and Castes_, art. Chandel.

[513] _Ibidem_.

[514] _J.A.S.B._ vol. xlvi. (1877), p. 232.

[515] _Ibidem_, p. 233.

[516] _J.A.S.B._ vol. xlvi. (1877), p. 233.

[517] _Rajasthan_, i. pp. 86, 87.

[518] _Archaeological Reports_, ii. 255, quoted in Mr. Crooke's
art. Chauhan.

[519] _Imperial Gazetteer, India_, vol. ii, p. 312.

[520] _Early History of India_ and _Imperial Gazetteer, loc. cit._

[521] _Rajasthan_, ii. p. 419.

[522] The above particulars are taken from Mr. Crooke's article
Dhakara in his _Tribes and Castes_.

[523] _Early History of India_, 3rd edition, p. 391.

[524] _Early History of India_, 3rd edition, p. 385.

[525] _Tribes and Castes_, art. Gaharwar.

[526] _Tribes and Castes_, i. p. 75.

[527] _Supplementary Glossary_, p. 33.

[528] _Rajasthan_, i. p. 105.

[529] Quoted in Mr. Crooke's article on Gaharwar.

[530] See art. Rajput, Bundela.

[531] Quoted in Mr. Crooke's article Gaur Brahman.