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[207] Para. 48 above.
[208] See article on Rajput, para. 9.
[209] _The Magic Art_, ii. p. 89, quoting Satapatha Brahmana.
[210] See article on Kasai.
[211] See account in article on Kasai.
[212] _Orpheus_, pp. 123, 125.
[213] 7th ed. p. 300.
[214] _Origin of Civilisation_, 7th ed. p. 299.
[215] _The Dasahra: an Autumn Festival of the Hindus_, Folk-lore, March 1915. Some notice of the Dasahra in the Central Provinces is contained in the article on k.u.mhar.
[216] Crooke, _loc. cit._ p. 41.
[217] See also article Mahar.
[218] _La Cite Antique_, pp. 202, 204.
[219] _Imperial Gazetteer of India_, ii. p. 312.
[220] _Totemism and Exogamy_, vol. ii. pp. 528, 530.
[221] _Ibidem_.
[222] _Totemism and Exogamy_, vol. ii. p. 608; _The Golden Bough_, 2nd ed. vol. iii. p. 407.
[223] Dr. A.H. Keane, _The World's Peoples,_ p. 138.
[224] Mr. L.D. Barnett's _Antiquities of India_, p. 171.
[225] _The Golden Bough_, 2nd ed. vol. i. pp. 234, 235.
[226] _Ibidem_, vol. ii. pp. 9, 10.
[227] Other features of the sacramental rite, strengthening this hypothesis, are given in the article Kabirpanthi Sect. The account is taken from Bishop Westcott's _Kabir and the Kabirpanth._
[228] See articles Dewar, Bhunjia, Gauria, Sonjhara, Malyar.
[229] Some instances are given in the article on Kalar and on Rajput, para. 9.
[230] Dr. A.H. Keane, _The World's Peoples_, pp. 129, 130.
[231] Para. 11.
[232] For further notice of Vishnu and Siva see articles Vaishnava and Saiva sects; for Devi see article k.u.mhar, and for Kali, article Thug; for Krishna, article Ahir; for Ganpati, article Bania.
[233] See above, para. 13.
[234] _La Cite Antique_, p. 341.
[235] _Early History of Mankind_, pp. 259, 260. The needfire, as described by Sir E.B. Tylor, had the character of a purificatory rite, but it may be doubted whether this was its original form, any more than in the case of the Suovetaurilia or Pola ceremonies.
[236] Mr. J.T. Marten's _Central Provinces Census Report_, p. 238.
[237] For further notice of this offence see article Sunar under Ear-piercing.
[238] Para. 61.
[239] "Tarpeia" in M. Salomon Reinach's _Cults, Myths and Religions_ (English edition, London, David Nutt, 1912).
[240] _Cults, Customs_, p. 130.
[241] Maclagan, _Punjab Census Report_, p. 174.
[242] Burn, _United Provinces Census Report_, p. 82.
[243] _Cults, Customs_, p. 144.
[244] _Ibidem_, pp. 176, 177.
[245] _Cults, Customs_, pp. 148, 149.
[246] Maclagan, _l.c._
[247] _Ibidem_.
[248] J. T. Marten, _Census Report_ (1911).
[249] Lillingston, p. 45, on the authority of Max Mullet. Professor Oman states, however, that he had but little acquaintance with the Vedas (_Brahmans, Tkeists,_ p. 103), and if this was so it would seem likely that his knowledge of the other ancient languages was not very profound. But he published a book in Persian and knew English well.
[250] Oman, quoting from Dr. George Smith's _Life of Dr. Alexander Duff_, vol. i. p. 118.
[251] Oman, quoting Mary Carpenter's _Last Days in England of the Raja Ram Mohan Roy_, p. 67.
[252] Lillingston, p. 51.
[253] _Brahmans, Theists_, p. 105.
[254] _Brahmans, Theists_, p. 111.
[255] Lillingston, p. 73.
[256] _Brahmans, Theists_, p. 116.
