1 Institutes, VIII, 161. 

2 Sultânpur Settlement Report, 137, sqq. 

3 Chronicles of Unâo, 69. 

4 Sir H. M. Elliot, Supplementary Glossary, s.v. 

5 Archæological Survey, I., 352, sq. 

6 II., 239, sq. 

7 Settlement Report, App. I., 2 A. 

8 Settlement Report, 59. 

9 Growse, Mathura, 12, 356. 

10 Asiatic Researches, XIII., 282. 

11 Report, Inspector-General, Police, N. W. P., 1869, page 121, sqq. 

12 People of India, III., 113. 

13 3rd S. I., 467, sqq.; III., 186, sqq. 

14 Journey through Oudh, I., 112. 

15 Annals, I., 105, sqq. 

16 Archæological Reports, XXI., 103, sqq. 

17 Settlement Report, page 12. 

18 Highlands of Central India, page 278. 

19 Census Report, N.-W. P., 1865, I., App. B., 129. 

20 Principally based on enquiries made at Mirzapur: a few notes on the Oudh branch of the tribe have been contributed by Bâbu Sânwal Dâs, Deputy Collector, Hardoi. 

21 Hindu Tribes and Castes, I., 353. 

22 Hindu Tribes and Castes, I., 353. 

23 There is a tradition at Chunâr that Akbar garrisoned the fort with a body of Baheliyas under a Commander known as Hazâri. The descendant of the last Hazâri of Chunâr is now a runner in the Government Tahsîl. 

24 Panjâb Census Report, 122, sqq. 

25 Râja Lachhman Sinh, Bulandshahr Memo., 188. 

26 Mathura, 179, sq. 

27 These terms are Kanarese and mean “Southerners” and “Northerners,”—Oppert, Original Inhabitants of Bharatavarsha, 613. 

28 Loc. cit., 181, sq. 

29 Chronicles of Unâo, 66, sq. 

30 Settlement Report, 213, 276, sq. 

31 Settlement Report, 20. 

32 Archæological Reports, V., 20. 

33 III., 221. 

34 Sleeman, Journey through Oudh, I., 264. 

35 Settlement Report, 12. 

36 Eastern India, II., 380, 460. 

37 Oldham, Memo., 65. 

38 Oudh Gazetteer, III., 227. 

39 Râê Bareli Settlement Report, 8. 

40 Supplementary Glossary, s.v. 

41 See Bais Râjput

42 See Bhuiya, para. 14. 

43 This account is based on a set of notes prepared by the Deputy Inspector of Schools, Dehra Dûn. 

44 Mainly from notes from Pandit Baldeo Prasâd, Deputy Collector, Cawnpur. 

45 Prepared from notes by Munshi Atma Râm, Head Master, High School, Mathura. 

46 Brahmanism and Hinduism, 185. 

47 For this campaign see Cunningham, Archæological Reports, II., 455, Gazetteer, N. W. P., I., 160. 

48 The connection between the Banâphars and Ahîrs is one of many instances which illustrate the mixed origin of many of the Râjput septs. 

49 Sultânpur Settlement Report, 154, sqq. 

50 Notes, 40. 

51 Supplemental Glossary, s.v. 

52 Loc. cit., 171, sq. 

53 Tribes and Castes, I., 144, sgq. 

54 Based on enquiries at Mirzapur and notes by Pandit Baldeo Prasâd, Deputy Collector, Cawnpur; Pandit Badri Nâth, Deputy Collector, Kheri; Mr. W. H. O’N. Segrave, District Superintendent, Police, Basti; and the Deputy Inspectors of Schools, Bareilly and Bijnor. 

55 Academy, 14th May, 1870. 

56 Quoted in the Berâr Gazetteer, 195, sqq. 

57 Dowson’s Elliot, V., 100. Brigg’s Ferishta, I., 579. 

58 Rambles, I., 129, Indian Antiquary, VIII., 219, sqq. 

59 Asiatic Studies, 89. 

60 Migratory Tribes of Central India, by E. Balfour: Journal Asiatic Society of Bengal, N. S., Vol. XIII. 

61 Settlement Report, 19. 

62 Settlement Report, 10. 

63 Settlement Report, 41. 

64 Oudh Gazetteer, III., 6. 

65 Williams, Memo., 77, sqq. 

66 Settlement Report, 130. 

67 Mullaly, Notes, 28. 

68 Asiatic Studies, 165. 

69 Panjâb Ethnography, 299. 

70 Central India, II., 152, sqq. 

71 Bombay Gazetteer, XX., 203; XIX., 138. 

72 Panjâb Census Report, 311. 

73 But see Baidguâr

74 Buchanan, Eastern India, II., 353, 415; Report Inspector-General, Police, North-Western Provinces, 1868, page 34; 1871, page 47 (a); 1870, page 99 (b). 

75 Jungle Life, 516. 

76 Notes, 31, sq. 

77 Based on enquiries at Mirzapur, and notes received through Mr. W. Hoey, C.S., Gorakhpur, and Bâbu Sânwal Dâs, Deputy Collector, Hardoi. 

78 Tribes and Castes, I., 60. 

79 Travels, 166, sqq. 

80 Hindu Tribes, I., 296. 

81 Hindu Tribes and Castes, I., 330; and see Hoey, Monograph on Trades and Manufactures, 188. 

82 Sherring, Hindu Tribes and Castes, I., 330. Buchanan says that the Chaurâsis take their name from Tappa Chaurâs in Mirzapur, Eastern India, II., 470. 

83 Yule and Burnell, Hobson Jobson, 67. 

84 Ibid., 25. 

85 Quoted by Yule, Marco Polo, II., 311. 

86 Blochmann, Ain-i-Akbari, p. 75. 

87 For a good account of the system of cultivating the plant, see Buchanan, Eastern India, II., 864. 

88 Eastern India, II., 467. 

89 Tribes and Castes, I., 65. 

90 Oldham, Memo., I., 65. 

91 Râja Lachhman Sinh, Bulandshahr Memo., 165. 

92 Supplementary Glossary, s.v.; Aligarh Settlement Report, 22; Râja Lachhman Sinh, Bulandshahr Memo., 155, sqq. 

93 Settlement Report, 34, sqq. 

94 Morâdâbâd Settlement Report, 14. 

95 Based on enquiries made at Mirzapur, and notes by the Deputy Inspectors of Schools at Bareilly, Basti, Bijnor. 

96 Sir H. M. Elliot, Supplemental Glossary, s.v. 

97 Sherring, Hindu Tribes and Castes, I., 316. 

98 Atkinson, Himalayan Gazetteer, III., 279. 

99 Râja Lachhman Sinh, Bulandshahr Memo., 186. 

100 Prof. H. H. Wilson, Rig Veda, Intro., DLI. 

101 Hoey, Monograph on Trade and Manufactures, 68. 

102 Settlement Report, 79. 

103 Supplementary Glossary, s.v. 

104 Eastern India, II., 463. 

105 Elliot, Supplemental Glossary, s.v. 

106 Principally based on enquiries made at Mirzapur, and notes by Munshi Chhuttan Lâl, Deputy Collector, Unâo, and Munshi Âtma Râm, Head Master, High School, Mathura. 

107 Based chiefly on Notes by Mirza Ihfân Ali Beg, Deputy Collector, in charge of the tribe, and a report (date and author not given) entitled “Etymology (sic) of the Barwârs of Gonda and the Sanaurhiyas of Nâgpur.” 

108 Faizâbâd Settlement Report, 280, sq. 

109 Oldham, Memo., I., 61, sq. 

110 Settlement Report, 30. 

111 Based on enquiries made at Mirzapur, and a note by M. Karam Ahmad, Deputy Collector, Jhânsi. 

112 On this idea of hell see Bhuiyâr, 16. 

113 Based on enquiries at Mirzapur and a note by the Deputy Inspector of Schools, Bijnor. 

114 Sirsa Settlement Report, 123. 

115 Selections from the Records of Government, North-Western Provinces, I., 386; North Indian Notes and Queries, I., 66. 

116 North Indian Notes and Queries, I., 51. 

117 Tribes and Castes of Bengal, I., 78. 

118 Report, Inspector General of Police, N.-W. P., 1868, p. 13. 

119 Mullaly, Notes on Criminal Tribes, 10. 

120 Balfour, Journal Asiatic Society, Bengal, Vol. XIII. 

121 From a note by Pandit Râm Bakhsh Chaube of Gorakhpur. 

122 Tribes and Castes, I., 86. 

123 Panjâb Census Report, 196. 

124 Based on notes by M. Gopâl Prasâd, Naib Tahsildar, Phaphund, Etâwah District, and the Deputy Inspector of Schools, Farrukhâbâd. 

125 Memoirs, Anthropological Society of London, III., 122, sqq. 

126 Origin of Civilization, 126; Westermarck, History of Human Marriage, 72, sqq. 

127 Oldham, Memo, 61, sq. 

128 Settlement Report, 30. 

129 Settlement Report, 4. 

130 Buchanan, Eastern India, II., 463. 

131 Supplementary Glossary, s.v. 

132 Maclagan, Punjab Census Report, 110. 

133 Settlement Report, 179, sqq. 

134 Census Report, 1865, I., Appendix 19; Râja Lachhman Singh, Memo., 158. 

135 Settlement Report, 305. 

136 Chiefly based on enquiries at Mirzapur and short notes from Munshi Bhagwati Dayâl Sinh, Tahsîldâr, Chhibramau, Farrukhâbâd, and Bâbu Chhote Lâl, Archæological Survey, Lucknow. 

137 Eastern India, II., 248. 

138 Based to a large extent on the account of the tribe in Benares by Mr. R. Greeven, C. S., contributed to the second volume of North Indian Notes and Queries, and subsequently reprinted under the title of “Knights of the Broom,” and a note by Munshi Fasih-ud-din Ahmad, Deputy Collector, Benares; enquiries at Mirzapur and notes by Bâbu Badrinâth, Deputy Collector, Kheri; Munshi Bâsdeo Sahây, Head Master, Zila School, Farrukhâbâd; Munshi Râdharaman, Deputy Collector, Jhânsi; Munshi Chhotê Lâl, Archæological Survey, Lucknow; and the Deputy Inspectors of Schools, Bareilly, Budâun, Pilibhît, Morâdâbâd. 

139 Rajendra Lâla Mitra, Memoirs, Anthropological Society of London, III., 125. 

140 Blochmann, Ain-i-Akbari, I., 417. 

141 Ibid., I., 139. 

142 Institutes, X., 12–29–30. 

143 Risley, Tribes and Castes, I., 183. 

144 The Chandâla is probably the Kandaloi of Ptolemy whom Dr. J. Wilson would identify with the Gonds or Gondhalis, still a wandering tribe of Maharashtra. Indian Caste, I., 57; and see Muir, Ancient Sanskrit Texts, I., 481. 

145 For some of these legends I am indebted to the 2nd Volume, Panjâb Notes and Queries

146 Clouston, Popular Tales and Fictions, I., 72. 

147 Panjâb Ethnography, paragraph 598. 

148 The most complete and authoritative version of the Kursi of Lâl Beg is that given by Mr. Greeven in “Knights of the Broom,” 41, sqq. 

149 Panjâb Notes and Queries, II., 1; Knights of the Broom, 50, sqq. 

150 Punjâb Census Report, 90. 

151 Balfour; Journal Asiatic Society of Bengal, N. S. XIII.; Gunthorpe, Notes on Criminal Tribes, 46, sqq.; Rowney, Wild Tribes, 21.