nts the junior or Raipur branch of the family,
and holds five villages which were given him revenue-free by the
Marathas for his maintenance. The malguzar of Senduras claims descent
from the Ratanpur family, but his pretensions are doubtful. He enjoys
no privileges such as those of the Bargaon Thakur, to whom presents
are still made when he visits the chiefs who were once subordinate to
his ancient house." In the Ballia District of the United Provinces
[539] are some Hayobans Rajputs who claim descent from the Ratanpur
kings. Chandra Got, a cadet of this house, is said to have migrated
northwards in A.D. 850 [540] and settled in the Saran District
on the Ganges, where he waged successful war with the aboriginal
Cheros. Subsequently one of his descendants violated a Brahman woman
called Maheni of the house of his Purohit or family priest, who burnt
herself to death, and is still locally worshipped. After this tragedy
the Hayobans Rajputs left Saran and settled in Ballia. Colonel Tod
states that, "A small branch of these ancient Haihayas yet exist
in the country of the Nerbudda, near the very top of the valley,
at Sohagpur in Baghelkhand, aware of their ancient lineage, and,
though few in number, are still celebrated for their valour." [541]
This Sohagpur must apparently be the Sohagpur tahsil of Rewah, ceded
from Mandla after the Mutiny.

Rajput, Huna

_Rajput, Huna, Hoon_.--This clan retains the name and memory of the
Hun barbarian hordes, who invaded India at or near the epoch of their
incursions into Europe. It is practically extinct; but in his _Western
India_ Colonel Tod records the discovery of a few families of Hunas
in Baroda State: "At a small village opposite Ometa I discovered
a few huts of Huns, still existing under the ancient name of Hoon,
by which they are known to Hindu history. There are said to be three
or four families of them at the village of Trisavi, three _kos_ from
Baroda, and although neither feature nor complexion indicate much
relation to the Tartar-visaged Hun, we may ascribe the change to
climate and admixture of blood, as there is little doubt that they
are descended from these invaders, who established a sovereignty on
the Indus in the second and sixth centuries of the Christian era,
and became so incorporated with the Rajput population as to obtain a
place among the thirty-six royal races of India, together with the
Gete, the Kathi, and other tribes of the Sacae from Central Asia,