[59] 2 lbs.

[60] Elliot, _Hoshangabad Settlement Report_, p. 115.

[61] The custom is pointed out by Mr. A. K. Smith, C.S.

[62] _Central Provinces Census Report_ (1911), p. 153.

[63] _C.P. Census Report_ (1911), p. 153.

[64] Or his big toe.

[65] _C.P. Census Report_ (1911), p. 158.

[66] In _Indian Folk Tales_.

[67] _Ficus R_.

[68] He is also known as Katia or Kattaha Brahman and as Mahapatra.

[69] _Indian Folk Tales_, p. 54.

[70] _Sorghum vulgare_, a large millet.

[71] Dr. Jevons, _Introduction to the History of Religion_, p. 365.

[72] A measure of 400 lbs.

[73] _Butea frondosa_.

[74] A measure containing 9 lb. 2 oz. of rice.

[75] _Ficus glomerata_.

[76] From Ganga, or the Ganges, and _ala_ a pot.

[77] _Caja.n.u.s indicus_.

[78] _Phaseolus mungo_.

[79] _Phaseolus radiatus_.

[80] _Bombax malabaric.u.m_.

[81] _Acacia arabica_.

[82] _Ca.s.sia tora_.

[83] _Punjab Census Report_ (1881), p. 340.

[84] _Schleichera trijuga_.

[85] _Hindus of Gujarat_, App., art. Vaghri, footnote.

[86] _Religion of the Semites_.

[87] Mackintosh, _Report on the Manbhaos._.

[88] See articles on Khairwar and Kewat.

[89] Colonel Ward's _Mandia Settlement Report_ p. 29.

[90] _Brief View of the Caste System_, p. 14.

[91] _Symplocos racemosa_.

[92] Raja Lachman Singh's _Bulandshahr Memo,_ p. 182, quoted in Mr. Crooke's _Tribes and Castes_, art. Lodha.

[93] _Narsinghpur Settlement Report_ (1866), p. 28.

[94] _Nagpur Settlement Report_, p. 24.

[95] A small millet.

[96] Every twelfth year when the planet Jupiter is in conjunction with the constellation Sinh (Leo).

[97] _Butea Frondosa_.

[98] This is known as _lodha_.

[99] The Rajjhars are a low caste of farmservants and labourers, probably an offshoot of the Bhar tribe.

[100] _Tribes and Castes of the N.W.P. and Oudh_, art. Lohar.

[101] Dowson, _Cla.s.sical Dictionary, s.v._

[102] In Uriya the term, _Ghantrabela_ means a person who has illicit intercourse with another. The Ghantra Lohars are thus probably of b.a.s.t.a.r.d origin, like the groups known as half-castes and others which are frequently found.

[103] _Punjab Census Report_ (1881), para. 624. (Ibbetson.)

[104] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal,_ art. Lohar

[105] About 15 acres.

[106] _Berar Census Report_, 1881 (Kitts).

[107] _Punjab Ethnography_, para. 624.

[108] _Bombay Gazetteer_, xvi. 82.