ira Lal at Rairakhol.
[639] This article is partly based on an article by Mr. Raghunath
Prasad, E.A.C., formerly Deputy Superintendent of Census, with extracts
from the late Mr. Nunn's Monograph on the Gold and Silver Industries,
and on information furnished by Krishna Rao, Revenue Inspector, Mandla.
[640] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, art. Sunar.
[641] _Bombay Gazetteer_, vol. xvii. p. 134.
[642] See articles on Kunbi and Kurmi.
[643] Monograph on the Gold and Silverware of the Central Provinces
(Mr. H. Nunn, I.C.S.), 1904. The tola is a rupee's weight, or
two-fifths of an ounce.
[644] _Journal of Indian Art_, July 1909, p. 172.
[645] From a monograph on rural customs in Saugor, by Major
W.D. Sutherland, I.M.S.
[646] Lang, _Myth, Ritual and Religion_, i. p. 98.
[647] _2 King Henry IV._ Act IV. Sc. 4.
[648] _Religion of the Semites_, note B., p. 453.
[649] _Bombay Gazetteer_, _Poona_, App. D., Ornaments.
[650] _Religion of the Semites_, Lecture III.
[651] 2 lbs.
[652] From a paper on Caste Panchayats, by the Rev. Failbus,
C.M.S. Mission, Mandla.
[653] Rajendra Lal Mitra, _Indo-Aryans_ vol. i. p. 231.
[654] _Introduction to the History of Religion_, 3rd ed. p. 172.
[655] Monograph, _loc. cit._
[656] This account is taken from Buchanan's _Eastern India_,
vol. ii. p. 100.
[657] _Bombay Gazetteer_, vol. xii. p. 71.
[658] Temple and Fallon's _Hindustani Proverbs._
[659] _Bombay Gazetteer, Hindus of Gujarat,_ pp. 199, 200.
[660] Pandian's _Indian Village Folk_, p. 41.
[661] This article is compiled from a paper by Mr. D. Mitra, pleader,
Sambalpur.
[662] _Madras Census Report_, 1891, p. 301.
[663] This article is based on information: contributed by
Nand Kishore, Nazir of the Deputy Commissioner's Office, Damoh;
Mr. Tarachand Dube, Municipal Member, Bilaspur; and Mr. Aduram Chaudhri
of the Gazetteer Office.
[664] This article is based on papers by Mr. Prem Narayan, Extra
Assistant Commissioner, Chanda; Mr. Mir Pacha, Tahsildar, Seoni;
Mr. Chintaman Rao, Tahsildar, Chanda; and Mr. K.G. Vaidya, Chanda.
[665] _C.P. Census Report_ (1911), p. 147, referring to Professor
Karl Pearson's _Chances of Death_.
[666] _Tribes and Castes_, art. Teli.
[667] _Bassia latifolia._
[668] _Hindus of Gujarat_, p. 72.
[669] Weighing. 2 oz. each.
[670] _Phaseolus radiatas._
[671] Mr. Crooke's _Tribes and Castes_, art. Teli.
[672] _Acacia arabica_.
[673] _Melia indica_
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