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[23] This article is compiled partly from papers by Munshis Pyare Lal Misra and Kanhya Lal of the Gazetteer Office.
[24] Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Ghasi.
[25] Central Provinces Gazetteer (1871), p. 273.
[26] Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal, p. 325.
[27] Ficus glomerata.
[28] Cynodon dactylon.
[29] Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Ghasi.
[30] This article is based partly on a paper by Khan Bahadur Imdad Ali, Pleader, Damoh.
[31] Punjab Census Report (1881), para. 272.
[32] Crooke's Tribes and Castes, art. Ghosi.
[33] From a note by Mr. Hira Lal.
[34] This article is compiled from papers by Kanhya Lal of the Gazetteer Office, and Madho Rao, Deputy Inspector of Schools, Balaghat.
[35] Balaghat District Gazetteer (C. E. Low), p. 80.
[36] Linguistic Survey of India, vol. iv. Dravidian Language, p. 386.
[37] The country of Gondwana properly included the Satpura plateau and a section of the Nagpur plain and Nerbudda valley to the south and west.
[38] Early History of India, 3rd ed. p. 337.
[39] Art. Gondwana.
[40] Linguistic Survey, Munda and Dravidian Languages, iv. p. 285.
[41] Notes, p. 15.
[42] Garha is six miles from Jubbulpore.
[43] See article on Kol.
[44] Mr. Standen's Betul Settlement Report.
[45] The argument in this section will be followed more easily if read after the legend in the following paragraphs.
[46] Highlands of Central India (Chapman & Hall).
[47] Deo-khulla or threshing-floor of the G.o.ds. See section on Religion.
[48] Pa.s.sage from Mr. Hislop's version.
[49] Dhupgarh in Pachmarhi might be indicated, which has a steep summit.
[50] Terminalia arjuna.
[51] This extract is reproduced by permission of the publishers, Messrs. Chapman & Hall, London.
[52] Tekam the teak tree, Markam the mango tree, and Telengam the Telugu. These are the names of well-known exogamous septs.
[53] See section on Religion.
[54] See also art. Kahar.
[55] The theory is stated and explained in vol. iv. of Exogamy and Totemism.
[56] See para. 15.
[57] Boswellia serrata.
[58] Semecarpus anacardium.
[59] Anogeissus latifolia.
[60] Diosypyros tomentosa.
[61] One rupee = 1s. 4d.
[62] From Mr. Langhorne's monograph.
[63] The above rite has some resemblance to the test required of the suitors of Penelope in the Odyssey of bending the bow of Odysseus and shooting an arrow through the axes, which they could not perform.
[64] The information on child-birth is obtained from papers by Mr. Durga Prasad Pande, Extra a.s.sistant Commissioner, and the Rev. Mr. Franzen of Chhindwara, and from notes taken in Mandla.
[65] See articles on Kunbi, Kurmi, and Mehtar.
[66] Boswellia serrata.
[67] The following examples of names were furnished by the Rev. Mr. Franzen and Mr. D. P. Pande.
[68] See article on Kurmi.
[69] Boswellia serrata.
[70] Deputy-Commissioner, Chhindwara. The note was contributed to the Central Provinces Census Report for 1881 (Mr. Drysdale).
[71] Ghora, a horse.
[72] Diospyros tomentosa.
